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Stories

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.

Finding Mississippi John Hurt

The guitar was pulled from a white cabinet that looked like all the other white cabinets we saw that morning.

A Recalcitrant Mule

Just like a mule to get stuck on a porch. And like a kid to put him there.

On the Wonder

New Orleans’ long tradition of celebration as resistance is the driving force behind the musical outfit Sabertooth Swing.

Five Poems by Denton Loving

Tennessee poet Denton Loving covers fishing, the moon, chimney birds and more.

Grace in a Tin Can

After our editor’s mother passed, he relied on his Aunt Mary — the boss of the Reece family kitchen — to show him how to live.

A Big Day at HQ

Salvation South has a big day at headquarters.

Macaroni and Cheese for Easter

Dee Thompson with a story on her mother’s Easter macaroni and cheese, which goes way beyond al dente.

The Big Red F.U.

Old Crow Medicine Show leader Ketch Secor shares his hopes about what the removal of the battle flag will mean for his children.

The Bell Tower

Fiction writer DC Diamondopolous with a short story about a Montgomery pastor who helps one his of flock back away from the edge of suicide.

Above Ground Drowning

Louisiana poet Neema Murimi shares a poem based on her years in New Orleans.

Dirty Hospitality

Neema Murimi ponders a 20-hour drive back home to a sodden, dirty South.

That Ain’t How We Do Things ’Round Here

An education professor examines how inclusion in the classroom can move the South forward.