The South We Thought We Saw in the Bandit
By Ed Southern
The South We Thought We Saw in the Bandit
Forty-six years ago, some young Southern boys watched “Smokey and the Bandit” and saw a region where the little guys could win. Were we looking at it wrong?
By Ed Southern /
The New Southern Gothic Rock
From the mountains of Appalachia, the swamps of Florida, and the Pine Belt of Mississippi, a 21st century brand of Southern rock ’n’ roll has risen. And Carolina’s Wednesday are the ringleaders.
By Grace Robins-Somerville /
The New Southern Gothic Rock
From the mountains of Appalachia, the swamps of Florida, and the Pine Belt of Mississippi, a 21st century brand of Southern rock ’n’ roll has risen. And Carolina’s Wednesday are the ringleaders.
By Grace Robins-Somerville /
The Space Dividing Us Must Be Destroyed
Four new poems by—and an in-depth conversation with—Kentucky’s Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.
By Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. /
The Quiet We Share
Grief is an eternal shape-shifter. One of Appalachia’s most resonant voices guides us through it with three poems.
