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

The Morning with Many Tongues

Readings Sean Hill reads the poem "Just as Sure." Poem text. Sean Hill reads the poem "Nigger Street 1937." Poem text. Sean Hill reads the poem "The State House Aflame 1833." Poem text....

The Bulletin—November 1, 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...

Birth Right

...surrounding the legalization of midwifery practices. The filmmakers were introduced to the rich history of midwives in the US South after viewing a 1950s documentary film by George Stoney, All...

Tuscaloosa: Riversong

Video https://vimeo.com/126188419 Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers presents her poem "Tuscaloosa: Riversong," July 29, 2005, beside the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Poem text. Part 2: Jeffers examines the river...

The State House Aflame 1833

...the purchase of his freedom from John Marlow. The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, We don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn   Published in Blood...

Three AM and the Stars Were Out

...a time, birthing death. Though sometimes it all works out. I turn a calf's head and then like a safe's combination the womb unlocks, calf slides free, or this night...