Susan Swartwout – Salvation South

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Susan Swartwout

Come Back to Me

Some of us mourn quietly. Some of us howl like wounded animals.

By Susan Swartwout /

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A short story about an old man, a young man, the checkout line, and small things that feel like justice.

As we greet 2024, look fondly (but briefly) backward. Then seek your sources of hope, because hope has no end.

From North Georgia come two verses to honor a mountain matriarch, a woman of courage, who does what needs to be done.

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A severe head injury to our editor shut us down for almost two months. Now we’re back and better than ever.

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An author and playwright navigates her Southern roots and Jewish identity in a world that often saw them as contradictions.