A Vietnamese Mardi Gras krewe.
The Black longshoremen of Mobile’s Banana Docks.
A meditation on rice and belonging.
This Food Issue isn’t just about what Southerners eat—it’s about who we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going.
Alyssa Ortega Coppelman
About
Alyssa Ortega Coppelman is the art editor of the Oxford American, since 2013. She is also the archival producer for PBS NewsHour’s Brief But Spectacular. Previously, Coppelman was deputy art director at Harper’s Magazine. She resides in Austin, Texas, where she freelances as a photo editor and photobook consultant, including as editor of David Johnson’s It Can Be This Way Always: Images from the Kerrville Folk Festival, published by University of Texas Press.