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THE GUN SHOW

Irrespective of the national debate over gun control, for many Americans, the heart and the soul is located near the trigger finger. Inevitably, firearms have figured into the Oxford American...

By Maxwell George

THE PLEASURE OF SUDDENNESS

A Conversation with Brian Blanchfield.  “When I initially set myself the constraint you describe, to write analytically about a particular object or phenomenon or concept, one at a time, without...

By Jamie Quatro

NORWOOD AT FIFTY

This week the editors are looking ahead at the 50th anniversary of Charles Portis's first novel, Norwood.

By Oxford American

WE ARE STRONGER

I was twenty-two, queer, and coming of age in Florida.

By Sarah Viren

THINGS HAVE CHANGED

This week, the editors are listening to Chris Maxwell and Brandy Clark; dreaming of Appalachian cuisine; and remembering The Greatest. 

By Oxford American

This One Trick Will Make You Extremely Successful

SOUTHERN JOURNEYS

Roll down the road and the rails and a river this summer with stories of humanity on the move that are summery and light, lyrical and meditative.

By Oxford American

INTERNALIZING

This week, our departing interns offer their recommendations for our readers, including a book that upends preconceptions, a band that performs rarely, and a story of death, birth, and donkey...

By Oxford American

THE ONGOING FLUX

In West Virginia, a state where most everything comes at a cost, there are no simple solutions, and in his new story collection,  Allegheny Front, Matthew Neill Null does not shy away from...

By Mesha Maren

NOT YET LOST

Over the past decade, my parents have made art that reflects the changes they’ve seen in the land and water in the area where I grew up, near the banks of the mineral-blue Little Mulberry River in...

By Alice Driver

OMNIVORE

A vibrant literary magazine ought to not only fuel the culture, but should have something to say about it, too.

By Oxford American

ON MAVERICKING

An interview with Matt Wolfe, whose essay “Ride Along with the Cow Police” appears in the Oxford American ’s Spring 2016 issue. “I spoke with more than one rancher who was genuinely perplexed that...

By Ryan Smith