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

The State House Aflame 1833

...a negro man named Sam, the slave of Mr. Marlow, of this place. And the legislature will reward Sam's fast action, heedless of his own safety, by appropriating $1,600 for...

Making History

...is thrown and the boy catches it with his arm, the blade sinking inches deep, so fast there is no blood. His roommate says What do we do now? Pull...

The Crowd He Becomes

15 September 1963, Birmingham Later he will say he did not do it, he was home at breakfast, just ask the wife, say they heard some radio preacher doing love...

Like Father

...hand hungry For a discussion of Bible scriptures Over breakfast. He pours cups of coffee I can't stop Spilling. My father's embrace is firm and warm Now that he knows....

Sams Gap, North Carolina

...area because the new road is one way of getting from Johnson City to Asheville as fast as you can.  The people that are passing this road (Highway 23) right...

The Bulletin—August 21, 2012

...lamb, chicken, and catfish for federal food nutrition assistance programs, including food banks and school lunch and breakfast programs. This announcment is welcome news for farmers and ranchers across the...

Huntsville, Alabama images

Huntsville, Alabama: Big Spring International Park Attracted by a fast-flowing spring, John Hunt, the founder of Huntsville, built a cabin here in 1805. Six years later, Huntsville became the first...

Laurel River, North Carolina

...over the Laurel River. This pour started about 3A.M. in an effort to keep the temperature of the concrete low so as not to cure too fast, Laurel River, NC,...

New Website for Music Memory

...of thousands of recordings without commercial potential. The frontpage of Music Memory, an online music archive launched by Lance Ledbetter. This month, Ledbetter has launched Music Memory, his audio-centered spin on the...