Magazine

Issue 4, Winter 1994

"This quarterly has tons of promise."—The USA Today

"Elegantly designed...this is fresh, original writing, a pleasure to read."—the New Orleans Times-Picayune

"The most promising literary magazine in the nation."—The Memphis Commercial-Appeal

"An excellent new literary magazine."—The Lufkin (Texas)

"Could become a journal of some of the finest writing the South has to offer."—(North Carolina) Spectator

Will D. Campbell

Clyde Edgerton

Chris Offutt

Photographs:
Racing on Mississippi Dirt
The wonderful world of small-town auto-racing.
by Susan Lee

Commentary:
Scarlett Letters
An uncurmudgeon-like look at a Southern classic.
by Florence King

Commentary:
The Lost Masterpiece of Tennessee Williams
An underrated play of the Mississippi native, dissected.
by Steve Vineberg

Commentary:
Remembering Gramps
The old man takes a tumble.
by Jeff Baker

Reportage:
Free Lance in Bosnia
A Ruleville native reaches the front.
by John Hester

Reportage:
24 Hour Elvis
The King revisited.
by Scott Morris

Review:
For the Love of Alma
The creepy wages of fame.
by Charles Taylor

Before the Winds Came
A farming family’s slow entry into the modern age.
by Madison Jones

Brothers
A painful, criminal parting of ways.
by Daniel Lyons

Sieging Vicksburg
Mississippi wasn’t always so quiet.
by Gerald Wade

Azza, by Jamie Simpson

On the Banks of the University, by Charles Bukowski

Flood, by J.E. Pitts

True Crime, by Donna Tartt

The Rhino in the Burger King, by Ron Rash

Cover: Photography by William Eggleston