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.
Caroline Randall Williams
About
Caroline Randall Williams is a multi-genre artist and Writer in Residence at Vanderbilt University. The NAACP Image Award–winning author was named by The Root as one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans of 2020. Her work has been published and featured in multiple journals, essay collections, and news outlets, including the Iowa Review, the Massachusetts Review, the Atlantic, and the
New York Times.