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.
Eric Crawford
About
Eric Crawford, director of the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University, holds a PhD in musicology from the Catholic University of America. In 2007, he began extensive field recordings on Saint Helena Island, and his transcriptions are held at the Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. His most recent publication is At Low Tide: The Voices of Sandy Island.