This Spring, the OA will focus on food.
Through fresh reporting, in-depth profiles, and daring personal essays, this issue will explore what we eat: people, industries, and tastes that both build and challenge our ideas of Southern food.
Ashawnta Jackson
About
Ashawnta Jackson is a writer and record collector living in Brooklyn whose love of music came from her Louisiana-born-and-raised parents. Her work has appeared on NPR Music, PBS American Masters, Bandcamp, Wax Poetics, and Vinyl Me Please, among others. She is the author of the book Soul-Folk (forthcoming 2024), part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 Genre Series.