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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

"Miking" Against Covid in Bangladesh

...students and schools, and Sisimpur was also warmly received by parents and teachers. Unfortunately, this project began halfway through BRAC's wider Covid education initiatives, and needed more time and closer...

Excerpt from Saints at the River

...break. Her father has taken time off from his job and they have followed the Appalachian Mountains south, stopping first in Gatlinburg, then the Smokies, and finally this river. She...

The US South and the 2008 Election

...it for the first time since the 1870s. In 1930, New York was the most populous state, and California was only the sixth largest. By 1990, California had almost twice...

Bricking the Church

...a New York Times bestseller. A sequel to Gap Creek, The Road From Gap Creek, was published in 2013. A new novel, North Star, is forthcoming in 2015. In addition,...

Jake Adam York Interviews Sandra Beasley

...on the Pirate Ship three times, swooshing forward, back, upside down, and he cried Aera! waving his sword, until the operator asked him to please keep all swords inside the car. He...

Reconsidering Appalachian Studies

...economic driver, Appalachian Voices, April–July, 2014. Graphic by Jamie Goodman. Courtesy of Appalachian Voices. Why is Appalachian Studies largely silent on other areas important to people in the region—housing and...

Public Health in the US and Global South

...taken up hookworm and pellagra as challenges. Funding for health reform began to increase after World War I. New Deal spending doubled the number of county health departments, from 396 in...

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...