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.
Jessica Wilkerson
About
Jessica Wilkerson is a writer and historian from East Tennessee. She is the author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice (2019). She is currently completing her second book, A Women's History of Appalachia. She teaches at West Virginia University.