Salvation South

An author and playwright navigates her Southern roots and Jewish identity in a world that often saw them as contradictions.

Three Louisiana men, all fathers of little girls, confront a dark secret that tests their morals and bonds them in unexpected ways. Will they serve justice or be consumed by their own hatred?

Far away from home, or long ago in memory, the ones we love still carry us.

Always immersed in the natural world, this Georgia poet shows us how to savor the ever-changing weather.

Salvation South has just opened its new submissions system. Here are the details.

The multimedia visual art of Ted Whisenhunt mystically conjures the totality of the South—our flora and fauna, our food and music, our people and communities—in strikingly original ways.

And no, we don’t mean the Georgia Tech football team.

In the eyes of this North Carolina poet, everything—even that which is not “eco”—is part of an ecosystem.

They’ll always disappoint you, the saying goes. This is a story about how the rule doesn’t apply…if you have the right kind of hero.

For fifty years, Linda Strom has ministered to women in prison, helping them reenter society and rebuild their lives. She gives the credit to God and Karla Faye Tucker, who was put to death in 1998 for killing two people with a pickaxe.

Sometimes, when we’re gutted by loss, we go ahead and sing about it. This Mississippi poet does just that.

In this poem from Asheville, North Carolina, a chain of images reveals how our minds sometimes play tricks on us—and, at other times, show us exactly what we need to see.