Life in a Shatter Zone: Debra Granik's Film Winter's Bone
Review Dolly home, Winter's Bone, 2010. Debra Granik’s film Winter’s Bone (2010) tells the story of seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly, big sister and stand-in parent to two younger siblings. She is...
Ashé: Cultural Arts Cornerstone in New Orleans’ Central City
Introduction I learned the lesson that often our dreams are not as big as they could be.–Carol Bebelle (Akua Wambui) Founded in December 1998, the Ashé Cultural Arts Center grew...
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...
Trouble the Land: Atlanta Student Movement
Click for audio Atlanta Student Movement Andrew Young: The leaders in that period were not the mayor, not the president; it was four college freshmen that started the sit-in movement,...
Segregationists, Libertarians, and the Modern "School Choice" Movement
A New Era for "School Choice" and Vouchers The United States has never been closer to adopting a nationwide program in which the state and federal governments spend billions of...
North Carolina: A State of Shock
...http://projects.newsobserver.com/node/28201. No one can predict whether the passionate opposition will extend to next year's fall elections. Groups like "Scholars for North Carolina Future"—over one hundred academics across the state—have joined...