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

Julius Hartman

..."The low green valley that borders Ponce de Leon creek has long been noted for its reposeful beauty. "Ponce de Leon spring bubbles up at its eastern extremity, and the...

Tuscaloosa: Riversong

...bodies in the trees, twirling legless. I sang until morning. I sang, and the white ones were here sniffing an empty breast. They are here but I cannot die. My...

Excerpt from Saints at the River

She follows the river trail downstream, leaving behind her parents and younger brother who till eat their picnic lunch. She is twelve years old and it is her school's Easter...

At Sun Ra's Grave

...Blanton waits his verdict, where Cherry waits for trial. They tissue like smoke over the interstate, split, descending, into Fountain Heights, into Oak Hill's graves, into east-side projects where clothesline...

Prayer of the Backhanded

...holding nothing tightly Against me and not wrapped In leather, eliminated the air Between itself and my cheek. Make full this dimpled cheek Unworthy of its unfisted print And forgive...

The Chesapeake Bay

...evidence complements the record. Recent environmental histories of the region stress the interrelationship between human settlement and activity and environmental systems and processes. Liam Gumley. Chesapeake Bay, Space Science and...

The Bulletin—September 21, 2012

...sea bass and red snapper are costing Southeast and Gulf Coast states nearly one hundred million dollars in combined losses resulting from fewer fishing trips for those species. The past...

The Bulletin—August 9, 2012

...the company. The importance of the plant to the economic vitality of the town, and the importance of healthcare benefits to its workers recalls a similar relationship in nearby east...

The Bulletin—September 4, 2012

...of $7.67, but they were also charged a weekly fee of between six and eleven dollars for their uniforms, effectively lowering their wages beneath the minimum. Organized labor leaders and activists...