Salvation South

Sometimes, the only way to see our world clearly is through the eyes of an intergalactic traveler.

It took repeated visits to the West for this pecan farmer and nature writer from South Georgia to feel in his bones the wonders of his home landscape in the coastal plain.

When a Georgia minister and her husband adopted African American twins, they embarked on a challenging journey of love, learning, and confronting uncomfortable truths about race in the South.

This time is tied to that time, and this creature to another—that’s what this Appalachian laureate shows us in two poems about children, grandchildren, a dog, and our own bodies.

From punk rock roots to Americana success, Caleb Caudle discusses his evolution as a songwriter and the path that led to his upcoming Grand Ole Opry debut.

Tammy’s about to get her associate’s degree and she’s got a chance to get a real job, with a desk and a chair and vacation days. There’s just this one thing…

In southeastern Georgia, a mother stews up some chicken and considers what her family farm requires of her—not what she requires of it.

Harriet Tubman first escaped enslavement in Dorchester County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on September 17, 1849. She returned at least 13 times to lead at least 70 to freedom. One-hundred-and-seventy-five years after that first escape, these four poems from southeast Virginia honor her spirit of resistance and solidarity.

A select few Southern writers create fiction and poetry with equally exquisite skill. This week, the award-winning Kentucky poet Willie Carver publishes his first fiction with us, giving us our first peek at a forthcoming “novel in stories and poems.”

In which an impish, six-year-old girl finds solace in the arms of a laughing son of God.

Odes to music, experience, and making the best gravy.

In the latest Salvation South Deluxe podcast, we dive into the history of the U.S. government’s four-headed assault on Native Americans—and how it changed the South.