Archive - Alan Huffman's What Happened

Elderly runner keeps at it, even in dog days of Mississippi summer

Richard Edmonson's running regimen is both inspiring and instructive

Jun 13 • Alan Huffman

May 2026

Give it up, Jackson: how a city forfeited a flagship park

Discarded household furnishings, burnt offerings and evidence of arson fires line a road through Buddy Butts Park

May 27 • Alan Huffman

April 2026

When the levee breaks: On this day in 1927, the Mississippi River inundated the Delta, opening the way for rock 'n' roll

In late April 1927, much of the low lying region outside the protective Mississippi River levees was underwater.

Apr 21 • Alan Huffman

Navigating “the Black and white thing”

Life of Port Gibson, Mississippi man provides inspiring template

Apr 14 • Alan Huffman

March 2026

The Paul Conroy everyone should know about

If you search for the name “Paul Conroy” online, the first person who comes up is a former American soccer player.

Mar 6 • Alan Huffman

January 2026

The podcast Mississippi prison officials don’t want you to hear

A month or so after the launch of “Hidden Mirrors,” a unique podcast about an inmate book club at Mississippi’s Wilkinson County Correctional Facility…

Jan 2 • Alan Huffman

November 2025

Violence, revenge: different causes, outcomes

What happens when combat veterans sit down to talk with violent offenders about books

Nov 13, 2025 • Alan Huffman

New author website

Coinciding with launch of Hidden Mirrors podcast, a new iteration of alanhuffman.com

Nov 11, 2025 • Alan Huffman

It's nice to meet you, too

One of the main characters in Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda is a sadistic headmistress at an English prep school named Miss Agatha Trunchbull, who enjoys…

Nov 9, 2025 • Alan Huffman

September 2025

'Hidden Mirrors' prison book club podcast to launch Oct. 15

As I’ve written about here, I’ve been facilitating a prison book club for more than a year at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, near…

Sep 30, 2025 • Alan Huffman

August 2025

This time, he did not escape

For anyone familiar with Joseph Wesley Spring’s criminal history, which includes a notorious escape from the Hinds County, Mississippi jail in 2023…

Aug 26, 2025 • Alan Huffman

For a minute, Joseph Spring was free again

Part 15 in a series: Spring was again arrested on April 24, 2025; unclear how he got out of prison

Aug 25, 2025 • Alan Huffman