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Award-winning Writer Makes Great Smokies Her Park
by Frances Figart, Creative Services Director
In the spring of 2019, Latria (pronounced La-tray-a) Graham was chosen to be one of the first Steve Kemp writers-in-residence, spending six weeks learning and writing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The residency—funded by Great Smoky Mountains Association and named for its 30-year
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Smoky Mountain Air Podcast: David Brill talks about his GSMA title Into the Mist and writing for Smokies Life magazine
On your way to #OptOutside today, listen to our new podcast episode featuring David Brill, outdoor writer and contributor to GSMA's Smokies Life magazine. Brill is the author of Into the Mist, a collection of real-life stories depicting people caught in extreme situations in the Smokies and their dramatic struggles for survival. Into the
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The Story of the Cades Cove Pumpkin
The following story originally appeared in the fall 2014 issue of Smokies Guide. Back issues of the official Great Smoky Mountains National Park newspaper are available to read online or download at the GSMA Smokies Guide archive.
The Story of the Cades Cove Pumpkin
The John Oliver Cabin in Cades Cove was built in 1821, three
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Finding My Roots with a GSMA Membership
By Korrin Bishop
I placed a stack of maps and guidebooks on the checkout counter of the Sugarlands Visitor Center bookstore in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
“It looks like you’re trying to hike every trail in the park!” exclaimed the woman at the cash register.
I nodded. She asked if I was a local.
“I am,&rdquo
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New Assassin Bugs Discovered to Exist in the Smokies
By Frances Figart, Creative Services Director
Since 1998, nearly 11,000 species have been added to the park’s diversity checklist—and behind each discovery is a unique story. Will Kuhn made one such discovery earlier this year in his office at Discover Life in America (DLiA), which manages the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI
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Illuminating the Magic and Mystery: An Interview with Radim Schreiber, Firefly Photographer
By Frances Figart, Creative Services Director
One of our favorite products that we sell in our GSMA bookstores is Radim Schreiber’s book, Firefly Experience. The coffee-table book has a glowing cover and contains scores of amazing photographs of lighting bugs both in the Smokies and throughout the country.
For our latest
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Smokies Life magazine: Where Bears and Humans Converge, Bears Nearly Always Lose
The following is a teaser for a feature in the current Smokies Life magazine.
Point of Conflict Where Bears and Humans Converge, Bears Nearly Always Lose, By David Brill
As research clearly demonstrates, many of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s black bears are moving beyond park boundaries and traveling far greater distances
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Smokies Life magazine: Roosevelt’s “Grand Trip” to the Smokies
The following is a teaser for a feature in the current Smokies Life magazine.
Roosevelt’s “Grand Trip” to the Smokies, By Anne Bridges
Prologue
Many people are aware that President Roosevelt visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1940 to dedicate the park. But few realize that this was his second trip to the
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"Learning Is Still Alive and Well at the Little Greenbrier School" in Smokies Life Fall 2020
Besides supporting Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the many perks of a Great Smoky Mountains Association membership is a subscription to Smokies Life magazine. Below is a sneak preview of one of the features in the upcoming fall issue. Become a member by July 31 in order to receive a copy in the mail.
In 1881,
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“Into the Land of Forgetting” by Allison McKittrick in Smokies Life Fall 2020
Besides supporting Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the many perks of a Great Smoky Mountains Association membership is a subscription to Smokies Life magazine. Below is a sneak preview of one of the features in the upcoming fall issue. Become a member by July 15 in order to receive a copy in the mail.
Some of the earliest
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