This finalist for the New Poets Prize—also poet laureate for Hattiesburg, Mississippi—takes us on intricate tours of Saturday in a small town, the thin line between redemption and judgment, and how beauty and love unfold in everyday moments.
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.
Five poets on the complex undercurrents of military service.
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.
Benjamin Dimmitt has photographed Florida’s swamps and creeks for decades. His images deliver an unvarnished look at the ravages of climate change.
Earth is out of balance. This week, you can see it plainly through the eyes of photographers and the hearts of writers.
A trip to St. EOM’s Pasaquan shrine is worth your time anytime. But on one Saturday this September, it was the hippest place in the cosmos.
Twenty-six writers from all over our region tell us how climate change has come home to them.
Appalachian folk pop singer Dori Freeman’s voice is a stunner. And her songs, like that voice, rise from her deep roots in the Virginia mountains.
Every now and then, if the moon is just right, the old ones will assemble and take someone back with them.
Two Halloween stories, plus we welcome the great Silas House to the family of Salvation South contributors.
The last time she saw her Granny alive, she was only six and looking through a hospital window. But it wasn’t the last time she saw her. Not at all.
Almost a decade ago, Betsy Haywood began searching for the roots of her Raleigh family. She discovered her tribe was far broader than she ever expected.
