Envisioning Faulkner and Southern Literature
...in In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983), 43. While Walker does not identify herself as "southern," she also does not cede ground. In response...
Nostalgia May Not Be the Right Word
Interview Part 2: Morgan reads “Backwater” and discusses his history of coming to terms with his origins Part 3: Morgan reads “Heaven” and discusses the place of nostalgia in his poetry Part...
The US South and the 2008 Election
...Republican convention. Obama won many white voters throughout Dixie, but especially those pockets of affluent and well-educated voters in places such as northern Virginia and the Research Triangle. The lesson...
Daily Life, State Power, and Theory in the Lonestar State: A Review of Robert Wuthnow's Rough Country
...and Austin with their nationally renowned research universities. Sociologically, it is important to explore Wuthnow's work as an exercise in theoretical synthesis and theory testing—the book's greatest strength and liability....
Andalusia: Photographs of Flannery O'Connor's Farm
...was arranged when she left this room for the last time in 1964. Andalusia, Spring and Summer 2007 After reading Lawrence Downes' article, "In Search of Flannery O'Connor," in the...
The Bulletin—August 6, 2013
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. The Equality of Opportunity project, a research initiative led by four economists from Harvard and Berkeley, released a working paper detailing the...
St. Catherines Island Flyover
...island. In addition to ongoing environmental study, extensive archaeological research has occurred at St. Catherines with regard to Native American settlements, the Spanish mission of Santa Catalina de Guale, and...
Joshua McCarter Simpson's "To the White People of America" (1854)
...that she compiled for the Sounding Spirit publishing initiative. Fulton turned to The Emancipation Car as Sounding Spirit searched for words from historical composers and hymnwriters in expressing our solidarity...
Retelling Virginia's Migration History
...distances in search of new hopes, ideas, and personal freedom.” “The Land We Live in, the Land We Left” also engages the current immigration debate through a series of panel...
When the Border Crossed Me
...extended family nearby. Interns hadn't yet started searching for opportunities on farms. I was doing most everything alone, and there just weren't enough hours of sunlight to get all of...