Tuscaloosa: Riversong
...bodies in the trees, twirling legless. I sang until morning. I sang, and the white ones were here sniffing an empty breast. They are here but I cannot die. My...
At Sun Ra's Grave
...the furnaces to the dead West End. They nest in boxcars and dance-hall doors boarded up to keep the silence in. They rattle White and Colored signs from scrapheaps and...
Whatwuzit?: The 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Reconsidered
...Unbridled commercialism, poor and unreliable public transportation, a deadly terrorist attack on Centennial Olympic Park: such significant failures shaped Samaranch's verdict that these Olympic Games were "most exceptional," but not...
Vernacular and Universal Prejudice
...for immigrants from Mexico who have come to live, work, and die in the United States (in quite significant numbers even in military service, to which the American establishment readily...
New Shades o'Death Creek
...before they bought people out they made everyone sign a deed saying they would never live in this county again, not for the rest of their natural lives. John said...
The Mobility of Faith: Cross Sections of Haitian Religion in Miami
...Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church, "the leading cultural and religious institution in Haitian Miami and one of the most significant 'ethnic parishes' in American Catholic history" (35). This colorful mural...
"Gaps in People's Lacks": James Franco's As I Lay Dying
...and humanities polymath: a mash-up of John Cassavetes, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Will Oldham, Bret Easton Ellis, and Harold Bloom. As I write this, Franco is likely entering another field, and not...
The Bulletin—July 10, 2012
...healthcare law varies across place. The McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas recently won a 2012 Library Interior Design Award from the International Interior Design Association for their 123,000 square-foot...
The Place of Appalachia
Essay How might spatial theory help us understand the political significance and potential of the diverse, place-based struggles documented in Transforming Places? First, place matters in the pursuit of social...
Little Ivy, North Carolina
...regulations sign during grave removal at the Little Ivy Church Cemetery, Mars Hill, NC, 1996. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Homemade sign erected over the Little Ivy Church Cemetery during...