The Southern Quarterly's Special Issue on Natasha Trethewey
...an in-depth interview with Trethewey, and eight critical essays. Southern Spaces is happy to have supported the Southern Quarterly by granting permission to include a number of images of Trethewey...
An Oyster by Any Other Name
...Pass. The sheer number of oysters in one place was notable, however the history came from the laminated nametags accompanying each sampling of oysters. Rather than numeric codes in fine...
The Bulletin—October 2, 2012
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. October 1 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the integration of the University of Mississippi. A number of media outlets reflected upon how...
A Conversation with Digital Historians
...is potentially a powerful development. Digital Scholarship Lab, Screenshot of Voting America: United States Politics, 1840–2008, "Dot-Density Map of Presidential Voting, 1920," University of Richmond, 2011. Andrew J. Torget: I...
Finding Media
...few favorite sites and search strategies for finding useable media: Public Domain and US Government works: The term "public domain" can be a little tricky—there are a number of caveats...
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...a neighboring farmer. Their children were James Robert (b. 1854), Nancy Jane (b. 1856), a stillborn infant (1858), and Mary Louisa (b. 1860). During the Civil War, Rosa maintained the...
Coop Co-Op: Agrarian Ideals, City Codes, and the Backyard Chicken Movement
...Atlanta's, but many other municipal codes are silent. A number of cities, towns, and counties are facing an unexpected ambiguity: if there is nothing on the books about chickens, is...
Putting up Beans
...filled with great leaves of tobacco, green as beans. Though soon to be gold and brown cured. Now nowhere near Winston or Salems. Not even close to American Spirit. More...
#209, Long Meter
...active here. From Lloyd, Benjamin, The Primitive Hymns, Rocky Mount, North Carolina: The Primitive Hymns Corporation, 1975. Published: 17 August 2010 © 2010 Laurie Kay Sommers and Southern Spaces...
I Find Joy In the Cemetery Trees
...who gave to the leaves of one yew the names of his own dead. Anyway the only spirits I can call in this place are the stench of a possum...