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Steven Elliot

@stevenelliot.pub

articles: 13
total claps: 146
top claps: 108
avg read: 2.8 min
paywalled: 2
active: 2025-06-16 → 2026-06-24

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ST Steven Elliot · The Memoirist

The Houses That Stayed

Survival Written in Brick and Plaster

Jan 20, 2026 · 3 min read · 108 claps #memoir #natchez-mississippi #mansion

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No Purchase Necessary

What the Bayou Gives Back

May 01, 2026 · 4 min read · 22 claps #memoir #south #crawfish

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The Last Flame: The Rise and Fall of Natchez Oil

How a Mississippi Boomtown Emerged, Prospered, and Faded Beneath the Pines

May 31, 2026 · 2 min read · 6 claps #memorist #memoir #south

The Last Flame: The Rise and Fall of Natchez Oil

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Natchez, My Beautiful Burden

Where the past clings to the riverbank, and every sunset remembers.

Oct 31, 2025 · 2 min read · 4 claps paywalled #memoir #the-memoirist #natchez

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Topless in Natchez

Based on a true story from my friends Kippy and Ricky, growing up wild in Natchez, Mississippi. Written from Kippy’s point of view.

Jun 18, 2025 · 4 min read · 2 claps #natchez #southern-gothic #growing-up-in-the-south

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The Sound of the Seventies

The Seventies rumbled. They didn’t whisper — they roared.

Jun 19, 2025 · 3 min read · 1 claps #seventies #natchez #southern

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What We Didn’t Say in Natchez

I was raised in Natchez, surrounded by beauty, tradition, and the quiet weight of legacy. Magnolia blossoms the size of dinner plates…

Jun 16, 2025 · 3 min read · 1 claps #southern-gothic #southern #growing-up

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The Cold Hole

They called it the Cold Hole, like it needed no further explanation. If you were from around Natchez, you already knew. If you weren’t, it…

Jun 16, 2025 · 2 min read · 1 claps #southern-gothic #natchez #mississippi

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Sy the Candy Man: A Fixture of the Natchez Sidewalks

Constancy, Kindness, and Penny Candy

Aug 27, 2025 · 2 min read · 1 claps paywalled #memoir #old-school #south

Sy the Candy Man: A Fixture of the Natchez Sidewalks

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The Day We Took the Delta Queen by Storm

By Someone Who Should Probably Remain Anonymous

Jul 19, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps #fun #southern #natchez

The Day We Took the Delta Queen by Storm

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The Boil Never Needed Explaining

On Ritual, Place, and Knowing Without Being Told

Jun 24, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #memoir #south #crawfish

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When Winter Pays a Visit

Notes from a Southern Freeze

Jan 24, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #south #freez #survival

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Oil Patch Grave

The pumpjack stands frozen at the edge of the field, mid-bow, like a rusted beast caught in prayer. Some called it a nodding donkey, others…

Jun 26, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps #natchez #oil-and-gas #reflections