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Issue 126, Fall 2024

Ellen Gilchrist’s Real Man

A classic Gilchrist idiosyncrasy: Men are astounding. Men are worth losing your freaking mind over. And yes, men will almost always let you down.

By James McWilliams
Eyes on the South

From Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Artists, Designers, and Trailblazers

By Jon Key
Web Feature

The Toxic Wave That Swallowed a Tennessee Town

“Get to Kingston,” Henry added. “They’ve had a blowout down here.”

By Jared Sullivan
Issue 115, Winter 2021

The Southern Roots of Q

You may ask, as I often do, shaking my head: How can Quincy do everything great? Exceptionally great?

By Terence Blanchard

The Corpsewood Manor Murders

“Once you reach that road—you’ll feel it.”

By Luke Gregson
Issue 91, Winter 2015

The Road Goes on Forever

Motion sustained and also undid the Allman Brothers Band.

By Amanda Petrusich

“Reckoning comes before reconciliation and often begins at the table.”

—Alice Randall

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The Corpsewood Manor Murders

“Once you reach that road—you’ll feel it.”

By Luke Gregson
Web Feature

Life in Asheville After Hurricane Helene

We are alive: deliriously, irritably alive.

By Melanie McGee Bianchi
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Moral Beauty at an Arkansas Chicken Plant

Confronting a powerful company worth billions was daunting, and I never imagined that what began as one article would become a book.

By Alice Driver
Web Feature

The Toxic Wave That Swallowed a Tennessee Town

“Get to Kingston,” Henry added. “They’ve had a blowout down here.”

By Jared Sullivan

Eyes on the South

From Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Artists, Designers, and Trailblazers

By Jon Key

A Way to Get Gone

By Darryl DeAngelo Terrell

A Way Home

By Jay Simple

I-10 Runs Through It

By Johanna Warwick

Devil's Half Acre

By Ajay Malghan

“God bless America and God bless the Oxford American…”

—Dolly Parton

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Points South

Daisy Bates in Mitchellville

Join producer Christian Leus for part two of our story about Mitchellville, Arkansas, as she explores the history and legacy of the Mitchellville Self-Help Project, led by Daisy Bates.
Points South

Foundations of a Black Town

Producer Christian Leus travels to Mitchellville, Arkansas, a small Black town close to the Mississippi state line. Mitchellville’s story is little...
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Points South Live: Otis Redding Foundation and Macon Music Revue

Our 25th annual Southern Music Issue is on newsstands now! Join us for a special celebration of one of the South’s greatest balladeers: Otis Redding....

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Memphis x Magic Collection

Memphis and magic collide in this enchanting collaboration with Memphis-based La Panthère Studio

IN THE WAKE OF HELENE

We're dedicating our North Carolina Music Issue to supporting relief efforts. From now until October 31, we'll donate $10 from every issue sold to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund.

SOUTHERN LIT ISSUE

Grab a copy of our latest entry in our ongoing “Southern Lit” series, featuring a lineup of short fiction, poems, and narrative nonfiction from both new and established writers.