The Bulletin—August 21, 2012
...havoc on farmers and ranchers across a broad swath of the United States. On Monday the United States Department of Agriculture announced that it would buy $170 million of pork,...
Nine Mile Circle Trolley, circa 1895
...a number of improvements have taken place in the city. "Along the sweep of the nine-mile circle several attractive homes have been erected, and those who have not been in...
The Southern Quarterly's Special Issue on Natasha Trethewey
...an in-depth interview with Trethewey, and eight critical essays. Southern Spaces is happy to have supported the Southern Quarterly by granting permission to include a number of images of Trethewey...
Finding Media
...few favorite sites and search strategies for finding useable media: Public Domain and US Government works: The term "public domain" can be a little tricky—there are a number of caveats...
Stones and Shadows
...the plant bed is not positioned well. "Your sundial is keeping bad time," I tell my father. He smiles and says, "That's not what I got it for," pointing to...
Six Yellow Stanzas
...white kerchiefs waving back and forth made languid light. 2. Langour. I lay back in the bucket seat, for the first time let a yellow boy kiss me and kiss...
Ellipsis
...the walls: Mildew, semen, camphor, Oft-handled bills, coin metal, Cornbread breath that whispers and swallows and breathes. One day, as in the best bodice-rippers, the house burned down to the...
The Slaveholding Empire: Southerners, Federal Authority, and Slave Power Abroad
...the "peace-maker" on board the U.S. Steam Frigate, Princeton, on Wednesday 28th Feb 1844, New York, 1844. Lithograph by N. Currier. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs...
Gone With the Wind
...the pines, which are not there anymore. It would be Sunday, and he would wait for the rooster to crow over the screen door's creaking. It would be Sunday, and...
Off-Season
...for a desk on cinder block. He chuckled much like you at the sight of me, but the fields and breaking horses, justified my ninety pounds of lean. Next day...