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The Editor’s Favorite Writing

Our editor-in-chief picks his favorite pieces from Salvation South in 2024.

How God Got His Money

Dr. Deidra Suwannee Dees ponders the question: How does the money from the offering plate get all the way to God?

Something to Read: Coloring the News

Rob Rushin-Knopf examines two books that explore how White-owned news outlets in the 20th century perpetuated Jim Crow — and how Black journalists like Ida Mae Wells and W.E.B. DuBois battled back.

Home Cooking

A poem that recounts the remarkable story of the author’s great-grandmother, Alma Davenport, who was born in Pheba, Mississippi, in 1898.

The Elephant in the Room

In 1969, the year Charles McNair entered the 10th grade, the Dothan, Alabama, public schools finally integrated. This year, the Dothan High Class of 1972 held its 50-year reunion, where joyous, authentic and honest conversations happened across the lines of race.

New Friends Every Week

Welcoming writers into the Salvation South fold means we get to make new friends all the time.

Missing Men

George Lancaster ponders his growing need to rekindle friendships with other men — and the value of male fellowship as the years fly by.

The Hissing of Knoxville Lawns

Tennessee poet Linda Parsons brings us verses written for the heat of high summer.

Potlikker: A Monologue

Today, Salvation South brings you everything you will ever need to know about potlikker, thanks to Bonnie Schell.

The Strong River Way

The ethos of central Mississippi’s Strong River Camp & Farm left Jennifer Kornegay with a deep appreciation of sheer childhood joy, and it remains with her to this very day.

Gunshark

James Seawel shares a memory that is truly and deeply good, a memory that sustained him through a lifetime of changes.

Moved

In this poem written in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Kaylee Eisman wrestles with how to find union with her neighbors.

Riding Shotgun With Uncle Bob

Chuck Reece remembers traveling with his Uncle Bob to country stores in the North Georgia mountains.