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Two poems that take an unflinching look inside a struggling family in Southern Appalachia.

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In Mississippi, in 1963, it took an assassin’s bullet to give a young man a peek behind the curtain of the Lost Cause.

Just across the state line, that’s where you go to be a man.

During a youth beset by polio and grinding poverty, Hattie Duncan learned a way of creativity that gave her a generous outlook on life and helped her become a beloved Southern folk artist.

Inevitably, it comes time for the one who loves us best to leave. But maybe she’s always around, like that bird outside the window.

In the latest Salvation South Deluxe podcast, we dive into the history of the U.S. government’s four-headed assault on Native Americans—and how it changed the South.

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As Salvation South marks three years of publication, editor Chuck Reece looks back at a stellar lineup of established Southern authors and fresh voices.

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We’ll Get By

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