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.
Come with us to North Carolina to meet David Joy, the author of one of the most important Southern books you’ll read all year. And speaking of books…
A short story about an old man, a young man, the checkout line, and small things that feel like justice.
Our Southern Reader’s Travelogue series continues with a visit to Milledgeville, Georgia, where Flannery O’Connor raised peacocks until her death at age 39. Peacocks still roam at Andalusia, and the rest of the property looks just like it did when she was writing her classic novels and stories.
One about where to grow old together. Another about where to put the remains when we’re gone.
If you’re a Southern literature lover whose summertime reading aspirations don’t involve sand and sunburn, we have some travel ideas that don’t require sunscreen.
A few words on what Salvation South has become as we approach our second anniversary.
Drs. Jordan and Hawley—who’ve covered teaching with our editor for a decade—tell a story that belies the negative view of public-school teachers.
From North Georgia come two verses to honor a mountain matriarch, a woman of courage, who does what needs to be done.
Forty-five years in, Sherry’s life doesn’t amount to much. But then, she meets a pair of sisters almost twice her age who could redeem her. Except…
Three poems from the Cajun country of western Louisiana.
This week’s stories range from the hard life in Myrtle Beach to the good life—even during the pandemic—in a Birmingham suburb.
