Salvation South

How a diverse crew of community-minded visionaries is betting on outdoor recreation to blaze trails to a more inclusive future for a sleepy Western North Carolina town.

An award-winning novelist — and a poll worker — shares a firsthand account of how she and her colleagues battle to ensure we all have the opportunity to vote.

A poet from Athens, Georgia, offers verses filled with beautiful visions about the power of conversation — both unearthly and earthly.

Salvation South came to life one year ago, and now we need your help to keep it alive.

Growing up on a North Carolina barrier island, her father taught her the ways of the sea — and how too many people and too much greed would change their lives forever.

A North Carolina poet remembers a long-ago night of young love, interrupted by some ominous figures.

Guitarist and singer Jake Xerxes Fussell grew up steeped in folklore, thanks to his musicologist father and textile artist mother. Like his parents, the younger Fussell is always searching through the back catalogs of Southern culture — but rendering art that is always of the moment.

After living in Japan, a young George Lancaster returned to these shores for seventh grade in a Georgia middle school — and found segregation still lingering. These are his memories.

This week in Salvation South, we introduce you to Jake Xerxes Fussell, whose music updates Southern songs from long ago.

Sometimes, the actions we should take are clear. A North Carolina poet takes a hard look at what happens when we fail to take them.

A night spent searching the web for ghost stories from his home state of Virginia led Scott Hurd into the state’s dark history of sterilization and breeding to create a white master race.

This week, Salvation South reflects on matters of faith and tells stories about love and reconciliation.