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

Mother Jones: Back in Alabama

Blog post Mother Jones died ninety years ago, but she was back in Alabama this July. It was not her first visit to the state. She came to Birmingham and...

Opening Remarks: 2014 Callaloo Conference

...words that devalue, denigrate, or privilege one discipline at the disadvantage or expense of another An aggressive support of excellence in the production of writing and performance that is creative,...

Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia

...them, the residents. This landscape will provide the ecological base for hunting and gathering, cattle grazing, timber harvesting, vegetable gardening, and farming. The ecological base will be owned as a...

When the Border Crossed Me

...drifted away to other jobs, from fast food work to babysitting. My wife worked off the farm. My neighbors were all either too old or too busy. I had no...

Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway

Banner image for Driving Through Time, DocSouth, 2012. Review Well-worn words and phrases come to mind when driving the Blue Ridge Parkway—stunning, dramatic, timeless, a miracle of engineering and landscape...