Magazine
Issue 6, March / April 1995
“This new issue of the Oxford American is, far and away, the best one we’ve produced. … In any event, here is the new issue, replete with writing of a most thrilling and engaging strain.… spectacular artwork, and wild hogs, not in that order." — Editor’s Note
Includes a previously unpublished short story Zora Neale Hurston, with more fiction by John Grisham. Essays by Donna Tartt and Lewis Nordan. “My Friend Forrest Gump” by Willie Morris.
FEATURES
SHORT STORIES
BLACK DEATH
by Zora Neale Hurston
THE QUESTION OF FATHER MURPHY'S SIN
by Pepper Smith
THE BIRTHDAY
by John Grisham
SWARNER AND ME TALKING
by John Fulton
ESSAYS
IN MELBOURNE
by Donna Tartt
THE MAKING OF A BOOK
by Lewis Nordan
PHOTO ESSAY
PHOTOGRAPHS
by Ken Light
PROFILE
MY FRIEND FORREST GUMP
by Willie Morris
DEPARTMENTS
DOWN, OUT & ABOUT
BACK VALLEY LIBRARY • GOOD COBB • BADD COBB • NORTH GEORGIA WEDDING • WE'RE ALL MISS AMERICAS
SOUTHERN HUMOR
FROM THE JOURNALS OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER
by John Fergus Ryan
BE KIND TO YOUR WEB-FOOTED KINFOLK
by Florence King
SOUTHERN OUTDOORS
APPALACHIAN BOARDOM
by Jonathan Miles
SOUTHERN DINING
CHARLIE VERGOS'S RENDEZVOUS
by Lindapeal White
SOUTHERN TRAVEL
CHALET SUZANNE
by Scott M. Morris
SOUTHERN VIDEO
INTRUDER IN THE DUST
by Steve Vineberg
SOUTHERN BOOKS
BERTRAM WYATT-BROWN'S THE HOUSE OF PERCY AND THE LITERARY PERCYS
by Fred Hobson
WILLIAM STYRON'S DARKNESS VISIBLE and REYNOLDS PRICE'S A WHOLE NEW LIFE
by Steven Harvey
Cover art by Bill Mayer