Three Years of Southern Stories, and a Dream of Change
As Salvation South marks three years of publication, editor Chuck Reece looks back at a stellar lineup of established Southern authors and fresh voices.
Stories
Mr. Portwood’s Tomatoes
Every week in summertime, he’d visit the bank where she worked, set up shop in a vacant office and sell his prize Better Boy tomatoes.
By Lucy Mercer with an illustration by Stacy Reece /
Our Queer Little Hybrid Thing
Until his death in 2019, Florida State University’s Ned Stuckey-French was a master of the tricky beast called the “personal essay.” Rob Rushin-Knopf looks back at the writer and teacher’s brilliant career.
By Rob Rushin-Knopf with illustration by Stacy Reece /
The Wichahpi Wall
Tom Hendrix spent 30 years building a wall that is neither a barrier to keep anyone out nor a monument to glorify its builder. It is, instead, a portal to the past. It pays tribute to a courageous Native American ancestor and what her life’s journey teaches us about our common humanity and the profound significance of how we order our steps in this world.
By Shawn Pitts /
After Our Shutdown, We’re Back at Full Steam
A severe head injury to our editor shut us down for almost two months. Now we’re back and better than ever.
By Chuck Reece /
Damaged Goods
Robert Fell reflects on 42 years behind bars for the murder of his wife
By Robert Fell /
Writing Behind the Walls
Allison Langer began teaching writing to inmates in a Florida prison several years ago. This week, we run three pieces by inmates, set up by an intro from Allison.
By Allison Langer /
Stop Standing Under Understanding
Eduardo Martinez with a poem of questions from inside the walls
By Eduardo Martinez with photo by Starr Sariego /
Paradise
Sybil Rosen was in love with the forest that surrounded her cabin. Then the power company came with the world’s largest dozers. They tortured the timber, and they stripped all the land.
By Sybil Rosen and Photographs by Kaylinn Gilstrap /
Salvation South Is Back
A head injury put us in the hospital for a while. Next Friday, Salvation South will be back.
By Chuck Reece /
Can a Cookie Be Communist?
No matter how hard you dig across the internet, you can’t find out much about Mrs. Ruby Henley of Social Circle, Georgia, and her Russian Communist Tea Cakes.
By Chuck Reece /
Salvation South Heads to Florida
Salvation South is taking the week off so we can travel to the Word of South festival in Tallahassee, Florida. We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled programming on Friday, April 15.