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
Oh, Holly
Salvation South offers its gratitude to one of America’s greatest music writers, who keeps coming back to our pages.
By Chuck Reece /
The Last Man Standing
The new Blind Boys of Alabama album marks the final song from Jimmy Carter, who was there eight decades ago, when it all began.
By Chuck Reece and Photographs by Lynsey Weatherspoon /
Bluegrass State Blues
Nat Myers’s sound is reminiscent of Charley Patton and Memphis Minnie, but his perspective as a first-generation Korean-American raised in Kentucky brings a fresh twist to the fingerstyle blues tradition.
By Rob Rushin-Knopf /
Balms in the Woods
In summer’s dreadful heat, unfulfilled threats of rain and unfulfilled desires in our chests leave us wanting.
By KB Ballentine /
Our Other Important Jimmy Carter
A few words about my long talk with the leader of the Blind Boys of Alabama.
By Chuck Reece /
The Persistence of Memory
It’s the title of a Salvador Dali painting, yes, but it’s also a uniquely Southern affliction.
By Chuck Reece /
Making Berry Ink
In 1785, on the land where Clemson University now stands, the United States government signed a treaty. It promised the Cherokee people, “The hatchet shall be forever buried.” But that didn’t save the Cherokee town of Esseneca.
By Carson Colenbaugh /
Light in August
Our Southern Reader’s Travelogue continues on the trail of William Faulkner, from his home in Oxford to the bookshop that bears his name in New Orleans.
By Rob Rushin-Knopf /
Summer’s End
Every year, they gathered at the campground to feel the magic of the mountain fireflies that glowed in time with each other. Then, a harsh discovery broke the spell.
By Marianne Leek /
Harper Lee’s “Tired Old Town”
Visit little Monroeville, Alabama, the inspiration for the immortal “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Our Southern Reader’s Travelogue continues.
By Rob Rushin-Knopf /
The Long Tail of Segregation
Sixty years ago, George Wallace said, “Segregation now.” Six years later, the Supreme Court said, “Integration now.” We’re still assessing the aftermath.
