Local Color
...in any case public taste in the early twentieth century increasingly turned toward realistic and historical fiction that treated "larger," and thus by inference more masculine themes. Despite the discomfort...
"When I Say 'Steal,' Who Do You Think Of?"
...to create not only a more physically comfortable life, but also a just and equitable society. I am fortunate to have grown into adulthood in the midst of the twentieth...
Queering Southern Gospel: A Review of Douglas Harrison's Then Sings My Soul
...perform at a Gaither Homecoming Friends concert, Fort Worth, Texas, April 4, 2009. The other main theme Harrison examines is how southern gospel, from its cultural origins during Reconstruction to...
When the Border Crossed Me
...to the Pacific Coast in California. The website and book featured here are my effort to forge better understanding. And the project is also my tribute to Eusebio, Librado, Faustino,...
Editors
...Art, and the Promise of Alternative Culture in Athens, Georgia (University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming 2019). She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, American Scholar, Southern...