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.
Maria Sherman
About
Maria Sherman is a music and culture journalist living in Brooklyn, New York. Her first book, LARGER THAN LIFE: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS, out on Hachette imprint Black Dog & Leventhal, is currently being adapted into a documentary film by director Gia Coppola, Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films, and the Oscar-nominated studio XTR.