The Editor’s Favorite Writing
Our editor-in-chief picks his favorite pieces from Salvation South in 2024.
Our editor-in-chief picks his favorite pieces from Salvation South in 2024.
The pianist James Reese Europe, born in Alabama in 1881, played “jazz” before the world even knew the word. Texas pianist Jason Moran is resurrecting his story.
Native Americans own just a tiny portion of U.S. breweries. Jacob Keyes, whose Skydance Brewing teaches native culture through the beers it makes, is one of them.
In Wauchula, they closed down the old folks’ home. And now, the stray dog that hung around the front yard has lost her friends.
This week, you can meet the Alabaman who, although his name is largely forgotten, changed American music forever.
She was obsessed with repairing the Alabama home where she grew up. But some things just can’t be fixed.
Hoppin’ John, they call him. Now, five decades deep into his career as a historian of Southern food, John Martin Taylor delivers a career-capping memoir that teaches us to make the most of what we’ve got. On our tables and in our souls.
But really, it’s an Apple Nut Torte
To honor our Italian ancestors and friends, let’s call it gamberetti con polenta.
How to fix yourself if you hold on too tightly to what used to be.
College towns move us from the world of youth to the world of adulthood. For folks who went to college in Athens, Georgia, William Orten Carlton was the man who welcomed us to the new world.
A film about the lauded Southern novelist — and Salvation South contributor — Charles McNair.