Telling the Raymond Andrews Story: The Making of Somebody Else, Somewhere Else
...conduct interviews as resources became available between 2003 and 2008. Before writing questions I would often revisit the MARBL archive to re-read the letters between Raymond and each interviewee. I...
Reverend Will D. Campbell, Southern Racial Reconciler
...between the two men. Both Campbell and Marlette denied any connection between the real and imaginary characters under the black hat. In his writing and in public discourse, Campbell could...
"When I Say 'Steal,' Who Do You Think Of?"
...earned her B.A. in English with membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Chi Omega sorority, married and gave birth to her first son. While completing her PhD in English Literature...
Opening Spaces: On Tolerance and the Possibility for Love
...and therefore, "there is a clear relationship between tolerance and openness" about one's sexuality.7Stephens-Davidowitz, "How Many American Men Are Gay?" Stephens-Davidowitz buys into a narrative with a history. Mississippi has...
The Mobility of Faith: Cross Sections of Haitian Religion in Miami
...depicts Haitians traveling by passenger jet and wooden boat to Miami, framing Rey and Stepick's emphasis on religious exchange and serving as a devotional reminder of the journeys between these...
Southwestern Humor: The Beginning of "Grit Lit"
...is barely decipherable, his stories are full of crude reference to whores and excrement, and his disdain for his betters is clearly his main objective. In the opening conversation of...
Sapelo Island Flyover
Video and Essay View the transcript of the video, along with a glossary of terms, here. A barrier island on the Georgia coast, Sapelo has an unusually long and varied...
The Colonialist's Gaze
...suggested that in the on-going process of "Americanization" it might be better if the unfit inhabitants simply "died off." "Plan of Isabela," illustrated town map from Armstrong's notebooks. Image...
Black Lives at Arlington National Cemetery: From Slavery to Segregation
...father of Custis, giving him parental advice that betrayed exasperation over the lackadaisical manner in which the boy pursued his studies. With bequests from the Mount Vernon estate, which included...
Homage to Mississippi John Hurt
...week after I bought it, while it traveled between Herman Wallecki & Sons of Los Angeles and southern Illinois, I dreamed of a guitar so old it had weathered gray...