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In Issue 121, contributors explore the possibilities of the South’s bodies—physical, political, and spiritual—and find joy and purpose across a range of media.
In Issue 121, contributors explore the possibilities of the South’s bodies—physical, political, and spiritual—and find joy and purpose across a range of media.
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DANIELLE A. JACKSON
Editor
Assistant Editors CHRISTIAN LEUS, ALLIE MARIANO
Editor-at-Large ROSALIND BENTLEY
Poetry Editor REBECCA GAYLE HOWELL
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Editorial Interns
TILLIE LEFFORGE, ALEXA NORSBY, ANNIKA WARRICK, ZHENZHEN YU
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WINNIE LITCHFIELD
Contributing Editors
LUCY ALIBAR, REBECCA BENGAL, ROY BLOUNT, JR., WENDY BRENNER,
KEVIN BROCKMEIER, BRONWEN DICKEY, LOLIS ERIC ELIE,
BETH ANN FENNELLY, LESLIE JAMISON, HARRISON SCOTT KEY,
KIESE LAYMON, JESSICA LYNNE, ALEX MAR, GREIL MARCUS,
TAYLER MONTAGUE, DUNCAN MURRELL, CHRIS OFFUTT, IMANI PERRY,
AMANDA PETRUSICH, PADGETT POWELL, JAMIE QUATRO, DAVID RAMSEY,
DIANE ROBERTS, ZANDRIA F. ROBINSON, CARINA DEL VALLE SCHORSKE
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