Conflict and the Senses: A Review of The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege
...death outside rather than melt in that dark furnace" (98). Besides being reduced to a "troglodyte existence," the residents' diet was reduced and reduced again to "spoiled greasy bacon and...
"It's Being Black and Poor": Race, Class, and Desegregation at Pebblebrook High
...new world." When it came time for graduation, no fairy godmothers intervened to purchase a class ring or a visit to the beauty parlor. Ward called the dark hair which...
"We're Almost There": The Drive-By Truckers' Art of Place
...followed his leads from Darkness on the Edge of Town and Nebraska—than the Allman Brothers, and more like Elvis Costello—the upbeat Attractions phase—than the Marshall Trucker Band. Live in theaters...
Marching for Gay Rights in Atlanta, 1971: An Excerpt from A Night at the Sweet Gum Head
...stare at us." Bill's eyes angled down, dark and serious, as he spoke into the television camera. "As people find out that you are a homosexual, there's a good chance...
The Makers of the Sacred Harp
...diverse range of wealth, education, and influence, during the age of Jacksonian democracy” (11). He characterizes the early singing schools and conventions less as sites of cultural preservation than events...
Still under the Influence: The Bioregional Origins of the Hub City Writers Project
...and pleasures of life as they are uniquely presented by a particular site, and evolving ways to ensure long-term occupancy of that site."3Ibid., 217. I see now, thirty years later,...
Returning Home, Saxon Mills
...a frequent guest blogger on The Best American Poetry, and one of his poems, "The Truth About the Present," was recently featured on The Academy of American Poets' Poets.org site....
St. Catherines Island Flyover
...pre-Civil War plantation sites. Map detailing the geography of St. Catherines Island and St. Catherines Sound. Map courtesy of Steve Bransford, Anthony Martin, and Michael Page. Screenshot courtesy of Southern...
McGirt v. Oklahoma: Implications of the 2020 Supreme Court Decision for Native America
...usually wouldn't be doing. I ended up keeping the fire in the ring that night. A year or two later, at that location or at the new grounds site, I...
Born In Violent Conquest: A Review of Jacksonland
Review In May 2015, journalist Steve Inskeep wrote an op-ed for the New York Times arguing that nineteenth-century Cherokee leader John Ross should be featured on the opposite side of...