The Editor’s Favorite Writing
Our editor-in-chief picks his favorite pieces from Salvation South in 2024.
Stories
Finding Mississippi John Hurt
The guitar was pulled from a white cabinet that looked like all the other white cabinets we saw that morning.
By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani /
A Recalcitrant Mule
Just like a mule to get stuck on a porch. And like a kid to put him there.
By Janisse Ray /
On the Wonder
New Orleans’ long tradition of celebration as resistance is the driving force behind the musical outfit Sabertooth Swing.
By Rob Rushin-Knopf /
Five Poems by Denton Loving
Tennessee poet Denton Loving covers fishing, the moon, chimney birds and more.
By Denton Loving /
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.
By Chuck Reece /
Macaroni and Cheese for Easter
Dee Thompson with a story on her mother’s Easter macaroni and cheese, which goes way beyond al dente.
By Dee Thompson /
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.
By Ketch Secor /
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.
By DC Diamondopolous with illustration by Stacy Reece /
Above Ground Drowning
Louisiana poet Neema Murimi shares a poem based on her years in New Orleans.
By Neema Murimi with illustration by Stacy Reece /
Dirty Hospitality
Neema Murimi ponders a 20-hour drive back home to a sodden, dirty South.
By Neema Murimi with illustration by Stacy Reece /
That Ain’t How We Do Things ’Round Here
An education professor examines how inclusion in the classroom can move the South forward.