Subscribe to Thicket during the months of October and November and 50% of the proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, North Central Alabama Affiliate. Look for the pink subscription cards inside the magazine, or subscribe online. IN THIS ISSUE: Artur Davis on "The New Black Politician", interviews with Bart Starr, Pat Sullivan and more of our state's football greats, Fall Fashion in the backwoods, WWII POWs in Aliceville, and Sonny Brewer's literary festival in Fairhope. Click here to read more >

Why Artur Davis says that "The New Black Politician" is impervious to the old classifications... Read story>> >

German POWs were held in Aliceville during WWII. But in small town Alabama, the prisoners and their captors became friends.Read story>> >

Four of our states football greats remember the glory days of their careers...Read story>> >

If Southern literature is rooted in family storytelling, Sonny Brewer is the patriarch, and Southern Writers Reading is the big reunion...Read story>> >

Fall Fashion Comes to the Country

Produced and styled by Missie Neville Crawford
Photos by Jason Wallis
Clothing and accessories courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue
Model: Danielle LeFevre
Agency: Real People Models and Talent