Rosa’s Log Cabin Quilt [ca 1880]
...have drawn from a common stockpile of fabric pieces, which would have included new yardage, remnants from clothing construction, and occasional recycled garments. In contrast, Mary does not seem to...
Mapping Souths
...and Slavery in the American Slaves States (1861; New York: Modern Library, 1984), 3. Decoding Trescot's South as (mere) battle slogan, Marx silently generates a battle slogan of his own:...
North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements Project
...Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) have launched the North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements project, a database of all known runaway slave ads in North Carolina newspapers between 1751 and...
The Bulletin—July 10, 2012
The Bulletin compiles news from in and around the US South. We hope these posts will provide space for lively discussion and debate regarding issues of importance to those living...
Wounds, Vines, Scratches, and Names: Signs of Return in Southern Photography
...and the seemingly dead idea of southerners’ “distinctive sense of place.” The six photographers assembled here—Shelby Adams, William Christenberry, Emmet Gowin, Sally Mann, Pamela Pecchio, and Jeff Whetstone—are a smart...
Dirty Little Story
...yes, I've been to New Jersey. Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Trash on a beach on Pickwick Lake, Fish Trap Hollow, Mississippi, 2012. "Litter" sounds like a McDonald's coffee cup on the...
Steeplechase postcards
Coney Island's Steeplechase, the longest-running park on New York's Coney Island, was the namesake for parks in Connecticut and New Jersey. Postcard from Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, NY,...
Little Ivy, North Carolina
Little Ivy Church, Mars Hill, NC, 1996. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Blueprints for construction of new Little Ivy Church, Mars Hill, NC, 1996. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Cemetery...
The Bulletin—August 21, 2012
The Bulletin compiles news from in and around the US South. We hope these posts will provide space for lively discussion and debate regarding issues of importance to those living...
En ningún [pero todo] lugar del mundo: Historia y sexualidad cubana en el teatro de Abel González Melo
...González Melo incluyen la poeta feminista de principios del siglo XX María Luisa Milanés (de Bayamo, Cuba) en Bayamesa (2019), que ganó el premio Casa de las Américas de teatro...