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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

Congregation

Congregation https://vimeo.com/134849755  Natasha Trethewey reads her poem "Congregation," 2010. View poem text here.   National Park Service Gulf Islands Regional Map of Gulfport, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast About Natasha Trethwey...

The Dirt Eaters

...she was preg nant: "Musta ate chalk, Musta ate starch, cuz why else did her babies look so white?" The Ex pert: "In ano ther gener ation I sus pect...

Mother Jones: Back in Alabama

...clothed. Mother Jones, he pointed out, always referred to "the family of labor" because unions looked out for households and communities, not just individuals.  Attendees at the rally for union...

Audio Transcript

...♪ Hallelujah! ♪   [Kee] ♪ You’re gonna look for me ♪   [Choir] ♪ Hallelujah! ♪   [Kee] ♪ And I’ll be gone on home ♪   [Choir] ♪...

A Field Guide to Northeast Alabama

A Field Guide to Northeast Alabama Jake Adam York reads the poem "Gone With the Wind." Jake Adam York reads the poem "At Cornwall Furnace." Jake Adam York reads the...

New Adventures in Tandem Ethnography

...presence of researchers in Louisiana (or any location) should be looked at as an opportunity to practice seeing with others. Our fieldnotes are not fieldnotes in that archetypal sense, though...

Covid Light and Darkness Alike

...The Covid weather tightened our geography, led to a perspective that sees closer and perhaps with more intimacy, intended or not. Anytime we find ourselves looking at a singular sameness,...

Anniversary

Readings Jake Adam York reads the poem "Anniversary." Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem "Consolation." Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem "Darkly." Poem text. Jake Adam...