When the Border Crossed Me
...agriculture. The borderlands overtook me personally and professionally. I cannot escape their meaning—not just down at the southern line below the United States, but the little borders everywhere in our...
Mountaintop Removal in Central Appalachia
...work and see the company as protecting their homes and livelihoods. Many others leave in search of work or to escape the impacts of MTR; steady emigration from the area...
A Review of Matt Miller's Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans
...rap record labels, Cash Money and No Limit, and their artist mega-stars––Mystikal, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, and others––would ultimately develop their own unique sounds born out of this fascinating soundscape and...
Glimpsing Andalusia in the O'Connor-Hester Letters
...following a letter dated 6 Aug. 1960. Nancy Marshall, The stable, Andalusia, Spring 2007. This rural landscape figures prominently in O'Connor's fiction. "The Enduring Chill," a short story...
Goin' to Chicago and African American "Great Migrations"
...and political landscape. This documentary weaves personal stories with archival footage, photographs, and a soundtrack featuring blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel music—much of it recorded specifically for Goin' to...
Making Lumbeeland: An Interview with Malinda Maynor Lowery
...the community, the landscape, and the issues that we're dealing with. The other key moment in bringing the final version to fruition was a set of table reads that we...
A Video Excerpt from The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey
...rooms." As his creations garnered attention, he received commissions around the city. Although not formally trained in landscape design, Gainey, through self-study and experimentation, developed a distinctive style that combined...