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.
Kate Daniels
About
Kate Daniels is the author of several poetry collections, including The Niobe Poems, Four Testimonies, and A Walk in Victoria’s Secret. Among her awards are the Hanes Award for Poetry from the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a Pushcart Prize, the James Dickey Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Lannan Foundations, as well as Harvard University’s Bunting Institute. Originally from Virginia, she is professor of English and creative writing at Vanderbilt University.