Photographs by Sara Reeves

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Where No One is a Stranger

In Arkansas’ Salem Cemetery, everyone you meet is a friend, a neighbor, or maybe even one of your people.

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Salvation South contributor Russell Worth Parker helped write “Always Faithful,” the story of how a U.S. Marine major worked to get his Afghan translator out of the country when it fell last year. Today, the translator is building a new life in Texas with his wife and four children. (With a review of the book by J.A. Dailey)

Dee Thompson with a story on her mother’s Easter macaroni and cheese, which goes way beyond al dente.

Chapter 1, excerpted from “This Isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew”

The pandemic left communities in Eastern Kentucky fighting for survival and waiting on government responses that came too slowly, so Misty Skaggs turned to the ancient principle of mutual aid.

Will Wellman brings us four poems from his heart — and from his native home of Florida.

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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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