Reconsidering Appalachian Studies
...Text 41 (1997): 9–38. When universities and colleges conceive of interdisciplinary studies as primarily a way to generate external grant funding, fields such as Appalachian Studies that have critical, transformative...
Off-Season
FOR FIELDWORKERS AND FARMERS LIKE ME Early, on grayest morning, when we nettled deep in between rows, tobacco and sweet potato, both two seasons away from planting, you reasoned I...
Article praising Ponce de Leon's appearance
...will find the old playground of Ponce de Leon has passed away, and in its stead a fairyland has been created, studded with multitudinous attractions [midway, skating rink, picnic grounds,...
Excerpt from Eudora Welty's "Where is the Voice Coming From?" (1963)
...paved driveway, yes sir. . . . I was on top of the world myself. For once. I stepped to the edge of his light there, where he's laying...
At Sun Ra's Grave
Birmingham, 2001 Now our god's dismantled, iron arms, iron hands now laid away, vacant head beside his vacant feet. Vulcan, God of All the Fire That Sleeps in Mountains now...
Stones and Shadows
...sound of traffic from the highway is insufferable. I smile at my father and try to think of kind things to say to him. He smiles. But driving home, he...
Gulf of Knowledge: The Hidden Scientific History of the Early American Southeast
...different imperial pressures, call upon us to shift our framework for studying the history of knowledge in early America in several ways. First and foremost, these case studies demand a...
A Review of The Lynching of Mexicans in the Texas Borderlands
...English-only laws that paved the way for the segregation of Mexicans in public schools. Outraged over the unequal treatment of their children, Mexican Americans in San Angelo protested, asserting their...
Call for Submissions: Queer Intersections / Southern Spaces
...finally queering or not queering. In this way, to queer is to exist as subjects in the transitive space of choice between doing and not doing. The question shifts from...
MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas: Transforming the Humanities with Geo-Spatial Analysis
...the historical art market. In a world where maps abound on pocket devices and where we make wayfinders with a few clicks on our screens, we may forget the complexities...