COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 

Editor’s Box
by Marc Smirnoff

Gone Off Up North:
Infinite Juice
by Roy Blount, Jr.

Local Fare:
Let Us Now Praise Fabulous Cooks 
by John T. Edge

OA Gallery:
The paintings of Stan Rice, poet

Obsessions:
Unmentionable
by Andrew Hudgins

Work:
The Interview Queen
by Melissa King

In Florida:
The Pleasure Domes of Florida
by Diane Roberts

OA Comix:
Confessions of a Hardened Book Festival Attendee 
by James Whorton, Jr. & Peter Bagge

Family:
The Secret of Secrets 
by Beth Ann Fennelly

Sports:
The Art of Hatred 
by Will Blythe

Private History:
THE NOT-SO-GENTLE LADY OF VIRGINIA
by Roger L. Tarr

Books
Amid the Swirling Ghosts
by William Caverlee

Writing on Writing:
The Rebellion Continues, at least in the Southern Short Story
by Alan Gurganus

Writing on Writing:
Hearing Voices
by Susan Straight

Dealer’s Choice:
A City of the Mind
by Hal Crowther

Southern Scenes:
Shelby Foote (1916-2005)

FEATURES

OA Forum:
Emerging Writers
According to some mighty Southern writers, the future of Dixie fiction looks bright.

Blue Yodel of a Wayfaring Stranger
Poems that evoke the “great quiet bumming of the soul at night” and dreamlike visions.
poetry by Frank Stanford, with an introduction by C.D. Wright

Secondhand Sublime
Touring Tennessee with artist Wayne White, whose landscape paintings are wordier than any you’ve seen before.
by Paul Reyes

WINTER FICTION

Mattress: A Timeline
Can a used mattress topple a relationship?
a story by Chris Bachelder

Unassigned Territory
In the rural South, some folks don’t appreciate a Jehovah’s Witness at the door.
A story by Stephanie Powell Watts

The Naked Eye 
Families will both disappoint and rescue you.
A story by John Holman

Nancy
After she abandons you, is there anything left?
A story by Daniel Alarcón

POETRY

The Ineffable, by Thom Ward

Destination, by Benjamin Pryor

Barber St., by Jeff Fallis

The Russian Novel, by Billy Collins

Cover: Abigail Vona, author of  Bad Girl. Photograph by Amy Guip.