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Sad and Beautiful World: The Living Witness of Mavis Staples

Sad and Beautiful World: The Living Witness of Mavis Staples

by Craig Nash | Feb 11, 2026 | Opinion

In the 2015 documentary Mavis!, the then-75-year-old Mavis Staples reflected on the question she often gets about retirement. “I’ll stop singing when I have nothing left to say,” she said. “And we all know that ain’t never gonna happen!” Now at 86, her prediction has...

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