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Issue 60, Spring 2008

The Home Issue

“The architect Louis Kahn once said that even a brick aspires to be a part of something greater than itself, and the idea is a nice one if you appreciate the transcendental power of architecture, how a building can tap into the sublime.” — Paul Reyes, “Death of a Building”

Sarah M. Broom visits her childhood home. Chris Bachelder navigates real estate. Keith Pandolfi explains Gaston Callum’s mission to resurrect old homes through photos.

Fiction by Jack Pendarvis and Michael Knight. Other contributors include Karen Russell, Stella M. Čapek, Jeff Baker, William Caverlee, Kate Sweeney, and more.

Columns & Departments

Editor’s Box
by Marc Smirnoff

Publisher’s Note
by Warwick Sabin

Gone Off Up North:
Where exactly is home?
by Roy Blount, Jr.

Dealer’s Choice:
House-worship and economic cannibalism created the foreclosure crisis.
by Hal Crowther

The Outdoors:
A passion for dogwoods.
by Allison Wallace

Local Fare:
Holding onto the past through pickling and canning.
by John T. Edge

Ode:
Romancing a saloon.
by Wright Thompson

Ode:
Domestic turmoil for undergrads.
by Mike Powell

Meditations:
Far from family.
by Dolores Alfieri

Travel:
A castle for an unrequited love.
by Karen Russell

Essay:
Less is more in a house built by a one-armed man.
by Dana Shavin

Essay:
Perched above the superhighway.
by Vivé Griffith

Field Notes:
A house burns down, but lives on.
by Paul Reyes

The Outdoors:
Resting in peace-eco style-in S.C.
by Kate Sweeney

The Moviegoer:
The lost splendor of a movie palace.
by William Caverlee

Writing on Writing:
The agony and the ecstasy.
by Jeff Baker

Family Life:
The fruit of a mother and daughter relationship.
by Stella M. Capek

Report:
In some parts of Nashville kids are living in motels—if they’re lucky.
by Richard Schweid

Southerner Abroad:
Self-imposed exile in China.
by Michael Donohue

Southern Scenes:
“Marilyn & Paul McAninch” by Mallie Vena McAninch

FEATURES

A Yellow House in New Orleans
Revisiting an unloved childhood home.
by Sarah M. Broom

Beyond Nostalgia
A state-by-state tour of the most spectacular modern residences in the South.
by Various Architects

A Seller's Notes
Selling your home means turning your life inside out.
by Chris Bachelder

Among the Ruins: The Photographs of Gaston Callum
Can a camera rescue historic structures from oblivion?
by Keith Pandolfi

This Bed-And-Breakfast Could Save Your Life
Hiding out from a jealous husband.
A story by Jack Pendarvis

Grand Old Party
Sex, lies, and Republicans.
A story by Michael Knight

POETRY

Arkansas Blacks, by Greg Brownderville

Lay, by Ann Fisher-Wirth

Fork, by John Poch

Cover: “Time Out” by Julie Blackmon