The Bulletin—November 15, 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...
Backcountry Legends of a Minister's Death
...a family of apparently fairly well-to-do drapers. He studied for the ministry at the University of Glasgow, emigrated to America in 1750, and became a protégé of an important New...
Brick by Brick: Atlanta’s Collier Heights
...January 8, 2016, http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/01/08/herman-j-russell-s-old-home-hits-the-market.html; Kimberly Turner,"House Envy: Andrew Young reminisces on Herman J. Russell's 1963 Home," Atlanta Magazine, January 20, 2016, http://www.atlantamagazine.com/homeandgarden/house-envy-andrew-young-reminisces-on-herman-j-russell-1963-home/. The founder of H.J. Russell & Co. was...
Race and Difference in the "Other America": A Review of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
...Birmingham News, and the Louisville Courier, to investigate case after case of racial injustice in the South and the nation. Her 1948 marriage to Carl Braden, the son of recent...
James Holland, Riverkeeper: Environmental Protection along the Altamaha
...before, a marine, and he knew how to fight. Like the spark of life the female blue crab carries in her orange sponge, an idea began in him. The voice...
Uncovering Networks of (Mis)Communication in Early America
...reveal the power held by Indians in cross-cultural communication. Once Cahokia collapsed—before European arrival—a new social geography emerged, still defined by chiefdoms, but where power was more diffuse and communication...
Tracing the Arctic Regions: Mapping 19th Century Photographs of Greenland
Presentation https://vimeo.com/171940774 Question and Answer Session https://vimeo.com/174834636 About the Speaker George Philip LeBourdais is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. His research...
Remembering Jake Adam York (1972–2012)
Jake Adam York during an interview with Natasha Trethewey, 2008. Jake Adam York served enthusiastically on the Southern Spaces editorial board. His insight, enthusiasm, and generosity will be missed. Jake...
Anniversary
Readings Jake Adam York reads the poem "Anniversary." Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem "Consolation." Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem "Darkly." Poem text. Jake Adam...
MARBL Highlights: The Black Comic Books Collection
...one of the new acquisitions. Philadelphia brothers Dawud Anyabwile (illustrator), Guy A. Sims (writer), and Jason Sims (producer) launched what became an eleven-issue run in 1990. Often hailed as one of...