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.
I write one, Rob writes one, and we welcome a new poet into the Salvation South fold.
In 2016, when deadly floods devastated West Virginia, they rushed to do the dirty rescue work and to comfort people as they grieved their losses. Then they mourned their own.
Among jellyfish, one species fights like a warrior. Months after one attacked her, she found the lesson it had taught her about scrapping until the final moment.
The Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia is a National Wildlife Refuge, a National Wilderness Area, and, in plain terms, a national treasure. But a mining proposal threatens it.
Our editor on how Salvation South has become a refuge for stories that define this region we love.
The legend from Nutbush, Tennessee, always knew what love had to do with it.
In 1971, Vaughn Christian was invited to coach the Appalachian State soccer team, even though he had never played the game. He won five conference titles in seven years.
She was from Ohio. He was from Georgia. She’d never heard of a crankbait. But it was the fishing that reeled her in.
This week, we celebrate two Southern icons—one whose name is universally known, and one who’s not so familiar.
Five chefs with roots in Asia and the Middle East are changing Southern food. Today, they talk about how Southern food changed them.
A North Georgia writer remembers a childhood mission accomplished—and reminds us how simple life can be when you’re only eight years old.
A meditation retreat shouldn’t make you angry, right? But if it does, maybe you should simply wait, just a little longer.
