The Berry Behind the Brambles
Ackerman’s verses—rich in the landscapes of the Blue Ridge—bridge our generations, from a rickety shelf stacked with jelly jars to climate-anxious meadows.
Stories
Open at Last
Visionary in all weathers, Louisville’s Emma Aprile finds a way to carry hope through life’s balancing act.
By Emma Aprile /
A Bouffant Stacked Toward Heaven
Four new poems by—and an interview with— Marianne Worthington, author of “The Girl Singer”
By Marianne Worthington /
We Are a Choir
The South’s greatest poets assemble to sing the truths of our region for National Poetry Month.
By Andy Fogle /
Whatever We Never Planned
From North Alabama’s Rachel Nix come three poems about the names we carry, the waters we cross, and letting time do its thing.
By Rachel Nix /
At the Corner of Rosa Parks and Jefferson Davis
Three poems from—and a compelling interview with—Alabama’s inimitable Jacqueline Allen Trimble.
By Jacqueline Allen Trimble /
Sweet Tea With Emily Dickinson
How a small crew in tiny Whitesburg, Georgia, turned the work of a 19th century New England poet into a touring fundraiser for small-town public libraries in the South.
By Sybil Rosen /
Words, Gorgeous Words
The writer who took us to “Paradise” two years ago returns to Salvation South.
By Chuck Reece /
The Bear Essentials
On Cherokee land, the black bear is an eternal presence—from the lore of thousands of years ago to the way Native people see them today.
By Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle /
The End Kisses the Beginning
One of the South’s greatest living masters of the short story, the relentlessly funny George Singleton, talks to Salvation South about the craft of writing—and his utter disregard for “Gone with the Wind.”
By Patti Meredith /
My Mother the Crow
Inevitably, it comes time for the one who loves us best to leave. But maybe she’s always around, like that bird outside the window.