Salvation South

With otherworldly clarity, a New Orleans poet details the depths of trying times.

The Buckleys were, you might say, entrepreneurial. Particularly on Fourth of July Eve in the Waffle House parking lot.

“There is love that walks in fallows,” this Louisville poet writes. Ain’t that the truth.

How music and blackberries nourish and knit us together.

This weekend’s reading plumbs the depths of Southern hearts through fiction and poetry.

From the mountains of Appalachia, the swamps of Florida, and the Pine Belt of Mississippi, a 21st century brand of Southern rock ’n’ roll has risen. And Carolina’s Wednesday are the ringleaders.

The painful love of being a dad, as it plays out on the basketball court.

We start the year with some new reasons to get excited about Southern rock and roll. One more time.

A farm and a family are one and the same, each one enduring a burden.

Enjoy this collection of conversations with six Southern stars of music, literature, and art: Dolly Parton, Amy Ray, Lonnie Holley, Ron Rash, Daniel Wallace, and David Joy.

A lyric meditation on the ins and outs of jump rope, conversation, and other matters large and small.

Now on our podcast feed, experience Salvation South Deluxe—a monthly longform story in audio form. In our first episode, we revisit Old Fort, North Carolina, where citizens crossed the old racial boundaries to rebuild their small town’s economy.