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

Making History

...pull out spoon after spoon after spoon.   Published in I Was the Jukebox (New York: W.W. Norton, 2010). Published: 22 September 2011 © 2011 Sandra Beasley and Southern Spaces...

J-Mill on Regulating

...the music down on the mixer for seconds at a time as the lyrics are being spoken. While the music is pulled down, the DJ adds new lyrics that can...

Sweep

...reclaim. Because I don't get home much anymore, I notice the smallest scintilla of change, every burnt-out trailer and newly paved road, and the larger, slower change that is exponential,...

Accidents Happen with Clockwork Regularity

...clouds. And then you are in your kitchen, cutting onions at the counter as tears roll from your burning eyes, waiting for the nightly news while the chicken thaws in...

Jarvis Branch, North Carolina

Chris Carter’s home being moved out of the right-of-way of I-26, Jarvis Branch, NC, 1996. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Chris Carter’s house being moved to new location off of...

Mars Hill, North Carolina

New Waffle House NC 213 in Mars Hill, Mars Hill, NC, 2004. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Signage on NC 213 in Mars Hill, Mars Hill NC, 2004. Photo courtesy...

The Tulip Quilt [ca 1880]

...advertised his cleaning and repair service: "Bring in your sewing machines and have them made good as new." The fabric on the back of the Tulip quilt is a fine...

Paul's Crazy Quilt [ca 1875 and ca 1915]

...no evidence of an attempt to coordinate the colors between the old and new parts of the quilt. The eight blocks are arranged unevenly around the center star, and the...

Whole Cloth Chintz Wedding Quilt [ca 1850]

...than practical. Rosa's new husband could certainly afford to provide the household goods the couple needed. In many communities, however, it was traditional for the bride's family to supply the...

Nine Mile Circle Trolley, circa 1895

...a number of beautiful suburban homes have been erected...." ("New Houses Erected" Atlanta Constitution (March 8, 1894), p. 8 ) Nine Mile Circle Trolley, circa 1895 Published: 15 January 2008...