Three Years of Southern Stories, and a Dream of Change
As Salvation South marks three years of publication, editor Chuck Reece looks back at a stellar lineup of established Southern authors and fresh voices.
Stories
The Squirrels, the Twilight, the Kudzu, and the Mine-Dumps
Six centuries of Appalachian history in four poems.
By William Woolfit /
Used Dishes: A Thanksgiving Story
When he left his native North Carolina to pastor a church in Vermont, he learned a new way in which grace travels back and forth.
By Justin Cox /
Why Salvation South Matters
Testimonials from the storytellers who bring their work to Salvation South
By Our Contributors /
A Refuge for Storytellers, a Haven for Readers
Salvation South has become something special—and, we hope, an essential part of your week. Please help us keep it alive and thriving.
By Chuck Reece /
Zen and the Art of the Deviled Egg
Salvation South co-founder Stacy Reece finally gives up her recipe. Except it’s not really a recipe. More of a method, maybe.
By Stacy Reece /
A Note to Florida Legislators
“Educate” has Latin roots, meaning “to draw out” from within or “to lead out” into something larger. The Alabama poet Dr. Jacqueline Allen Trimble calls out the powerful people who want our schools to do neither.
By Jacqueline Allen Trimble /
A Eulogy for King Coal
In Appalachia, the relationship to coal is changing. An Oscar-nominated filmmaker and a Methodist preacher have created a eulogy for King Coal—a rite that reminds us how difficult, but necessary it is to say goodbye.
By Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Molly Born and Rev. Brad Davis /
An Overdue Reckoning
In South Carolina, a family with multiple generations of service will celebrate this Veterans Day, even as injustice against Black veterans remains unaddressed.
By Oliver Hartner and Photographs by Lynsey Weatherspoon /
Diving With Ghosts
A Marine vet from the South searches for memories of a grandfather who fought in the Pacific during WWII—and for meaning in the wars he and millions of others have fought.
By Russell Worth Parker /
Yes to the Work
Five poets on the complex undercurrents of military service.
By Laura Gunnells Miller, Paul Jones, Kae Chatman, JS Alexander and Will Maguire /
War Stories
This Veterans Day weekend, seven writers fill Salvation South with their uniquely Southern experiences of war—and their perspectives on how we treat those who come home alive.
By Chuck Reece /
The Presence of Absence
Benjamin Dimmitt has photographed Florida’s swamps and creeks for decades. His images deliver an unvarnished look at the ravages of climate change.