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So pleased to have Soft Avocado Heart in @salvationsouth.com Thanks to @chuckreece.bsky.social for seeing what I hoped an editor would see in this piece and for loving it. www.salvationsouth.com/texas-family...
Soft Avocado Heart
Sherri Alms’s essay from a Texas family funeral looks at how to belong in a family with different politics and religion. Grieving in Texas...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
So pleased to have Soft Avocado Heart in @salvationsouth.com Thanks to @chuckreece.bsky.social for seeing what I hoped an editor would see in this piece and for loving it. www.salvationsouth.com/texas-family...
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Watch the newest installment of our “Fifty Years of Ferris” series: Bill Ferris’s landmark 1975 film, Made in Mississippi, plus Chuck Reece’s interview with Ferris
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August 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Watch the newest installment of our “Fifty Years of Ferris” series: Bill Ferris’s landmark 1975 film, Made in Mississippi, plus Chuck Reece’s interview with Ferris
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Worked on this piece about @widespreadpanic.com on and off for a year, and it's not a piece about music. It's a piece about music fans, and how this band has built a world for them that's stood for nearly 40 years.
A Place to Be Happy
Chuck Reece explores Widespread Panic, the devotion of its fans, and the enduring community built on joy, kinship, and sharing.
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August 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Worked on this piece about @widespreadpanic.com on and off for a year, and it's not a piece about music. It's a piece about music fans, and how this band has built a world for them that's stood for nearly 40 years.
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I dearly love the writing of @chris-offutt.bsky.social. But I had no idea until last year that his eye was as sharp as his pen. Overjoyed to have his photographs (and words!) in @salvationsouth.com today.
No Grand Subjects Here: Offutt Shoots Mississippi
Mississippi photography by legendary writer Chris Offutt. This Southern photo essay captures everday sights with sharp Mississippi images.
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August 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I dearly love the writing of @chris-offutt.bsky.social. But I had no idea until last year that his eye was as sharp as his pen. Overjoyed to have his photographs (and words!) in @salvationsouth.com today.
Mike Collins graduated high school, a private one founded in 1970 as whites only, in 1985. This segregation academy either taught spelling poorly, or Rep. Collins just couldn’t pass the class.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Mike Collins graduated high school, a private one founded in 1970 as whites only, in 1985. This segregation academy either taught spelling poorly, or Rep. Collins just couldn’t pass the class.
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/rep-col...
#salvationsouth #educationmatters
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#salvationsouth #educationmatters
It’s not just new. It’s also pretty great.
I have a new poem up over at @salvationsouth.com
Things sure are heavy right now, but I wish you all some queer joy and community this Pride month.
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Things sure are heavy right now, but I wish you all some queer joy and community this Pride month.
www.salvationsouth.com/queer-poetry...
June 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s not just new. It’s also pretty great.
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Excited to be part of a group of readers performing this Friday evening at Arthurdale Heritage.
Read more about this special place in the new story “POOR WAYFARING STRANGERS: CAN APPALACHIAN STUDIES SURVIVE THE AGE OF TRUMP?” out now from @salvationsouth.com. www.salvationsouth.com/appalachian-...
Read more about this special place in the new story “POOR WAYFARING STRANGERS: CAN APPALACHIAN STUDIES SURVIVE THE AGE OF TRUMP?” out now from @salvationsouth.com. www.salvationsouth.com/appalachian-...
June 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Excited to be part of a group of readers performing this Friday evening at Arthurdale Heritage.
Read more about this special place in the new story “POOR WAYFARING STRANGERS: CAN APPALACHIAN STUDIES SURVIVE THE AGE OF TRUMP?” out now from @salvationsouth.com. www.salvationsouth.com/appalachian-...
Read more about this special place in the new story “POOR WAYFARING STRANGERS: CAN APPALACHIAN STUDIES SURVIVE THE AGE OF TRUMP?” out now from @salvationsouth.com. www.salvationsouth.com/appalachian-...
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Southern and Appalachian studies programs in out colleges are critical. But they are in danger. Read this dispatch from @robgipe.bsky.social. Proud to have him in @salvationsouth.com.
Can Appalachian Studies Survive the Age of Trump?
With Appalachian Studies programs under threat, Arthurdale, West Virginia, is building new roads to Appalachian cultural preservation.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Southern and Appalachian studies programs in out colleges are critical. But they are in danger. Read this dispatch from @robgipe.bsky.social. Proud to have him in @salvationsouth.com.
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My heart is filled with pride and gratitude this weekend as three of my poems are featured in Salvation South @salvationsouth.com - a publication I have admired since its first issue. It is a space that feels like a welcoming home with stories that connect us all. A huge thank you to Andy Fogle!
Memory, Migration, and Molasses
Three poems by Nancy Yang, a Southern-born poet in California. An exclusive new collection for Salvation South.
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June 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My heart is filled with pride and gratitude this weekend as three of my poems are featured in Salvation South @salvationsouth.com - a publication I have admired since its first issue. It is a space that feels like a welcoming home with stories that connect us all. A huge thank you to Andy Fogle!
Out today on @bullcitypress.com. This weekend, we'll have two stories excerpted from the book, plus "Ten Questions for Daniel Wallace."
Excited about the release of Daniel Wallace's BENEATH THE MOON AND LONG DEAD STARS? Grab your copy at his launch reading, tonight at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill!
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Daniel Wallace presents BENEATH THE MOON AND LONG DEAD STARS
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May 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Out today on @bullcitypress.com. This weekend, we'll have two stories excerpted from the book, plus "Ten Questions for Daniel Wallace."
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If you aren’t reading the Salvation South posts, you’re missing out on good stories.
Do you think your “creative days” are behind you? Read this inspiring piece from @eafentress.bsky.social. Then get to work!
The Power of Blooming Late
Discover Dusti Bongé’s biography and legacy in Ellen Ann Fentress’s essay on Mississippi women artists and creative ambition blooming late.
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May 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you aren’t reading the Salvation South posts, you’re missing out on good stories.
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Her eyes, my ambition Thank you @salvationsouth.com & @chuckreece.bsky.social
@eafentress.bsky.social took what, in most writers’ hands, would have been a reflection on an artist’s career and turned it into inspiration for anyone in midlife who is driven to create. Proud to publish this in @salvationsouth.com.
The Power of Blooming Late
Discover Dusti Bongé’s biography and legacy in Ellen Ann Fentress’s essay on Mississippi women artists and creative ambition blooming late.
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May 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Her eyes, my ambition Thank you @salvationsouth.com & @chuckreece.bsky.social
Do you think your “creative days” are behind you? Read this inspiring piece from @eafentress.bsky.social. Then get to work!
The Power of Blooming Late
Discover Dusti Bongé’s biography and legacy in Ellen Ann Fentress’s essay on Mississippi women artists and creative ambition blooming late.
www.salvationsouth.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Do you think your “creative days” are behind you? Read this inspiring piece from @eafentress.bsky.social. Then get to work!
Salvation South has no paywall. Instead, we rely on the $ from folks who join our Family Circle. Please read @chuckreece.bsky.social on why we need to keep our house for Southern storytellers open and welcoming. Then join.
When Times Are Dark, Have Mercy
Join our Southern storytelling community: support Southern writers with a Salvation South membership and help keep the magazine alive.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Salvation South has no paywall. Instead, we rely on the $ from folks who join our Family Circle. Please read @chuckreece.bsky.social on why we need to keep our house for Southern storytellers open and welcoming. Then join.
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An exciting new series from @salvationsouth.com presents conversations with Bill Ferris to celebrate 50 years since the release of his four landmark film documentaries 🙌
Read or watch the first conversation about GIVE MY POOR HEART EASE 👇
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Read or watch the first conversation about GIVE MY POOR HEART EASE 👇
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Fifty Years of Ferris
Watch "Give My Poor Heart Ease" and a Bill Ferris interview about his landmark 1975 Mississippi blues documentary.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An exciting new series from @salvationsouth.com presents conversations with Bill Ferris to celebrate 50 years since the release of his four landmark film documentaries 🙌
Read or watch the first conversation about GIVE MY POOR HEART EASE 👇
www.salvationsouth.com/give-my-poor...
Read or watch the first conversation about GIVE MY POOR HEART EASE 👇
www.salvationsouth.com/give-my-poor...
Support our storytelling and look extra good this summer. We guarantee these are the most comfortable shirts we could find. Perfect for young and old alike.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Support our storytelling and look extra good this summer. We guarantee these are the most comfortable shirts we could find. Perfect for young and old alike.
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On this episode of Salvation South Deluxe: Chuck travels to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains to meet 'the Aristotle of Bacon.' Learn how Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams—a humble smokehouse in Tennessee—caught the attention of the fine dining industry and beyond.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
On this episode of Salvation South Deluxe: Chuck travels to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains to meet 'the Aristotle of Bacon.' Learn how Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams—a humble smokehouse in Tennessee—caught the attention of the fine dining industry and beyond.
www.gpb.org/blogs/salvat...
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The writing of Affrilachian poet @dalai-mama.bsky.social is badass. In this convo, we talk about family, the “re-narrativization” of the South, recovery, and more. Joy is an amazing person.
...And I Sing
Discover the Southern poetry of Kentucky's Joy Priest. Chuck Reece interviews her on her acclaimed "Horsepower" poetry collection and more.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The writing of Affrilachian poet @dalai-mama.bsky.social is badass. In this convo, we talk about family, the “re-narrativization” of the South, recovery, and more. Joy is an amazing person.
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Everything begins in childhood.
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
The Song Starts There
Han VanderHart's visceral poetry kicks off Salvation South's celebration of National Poetry Month, showcasing queer poetry from the South.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Everything begins in childhood.
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
In his two newest jawnts, Christian J. Collier takes us through nine different bars in Hixson, TN, then into his grandmother's cotton field. Our #NationalPoetryMonth porch party continues. Come in. Stay a while. #AmericanSouth #Southernpoets
The Inheritance I’m Cloaked In
Southern poet Christian J. Collier's collection of three new works unpacks Black life in Tennessee—through memories short and long.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In his two newest jawnts, Christian J. Collier takes us through nine different bars in Hixson, TN, then into his grandmother's cotton field. Our #NationalPoetryMonth porch party continues. Come in. Stay a while. #AmericanSouth #Southernpoets
#NationalPoetryMonth porch party continues with our interview with @hanvanderhart.bsky.social. Plus six new poems from Han.
“Are We Not One Body?”
Meet Han VanderHart, Southern poet and author of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize-winning “Larks,” whose vulnerable verses hold healing power.
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April 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#NationalPoetryMonth porch party continues with our interview with @hanvanderhart.bsky.social. Plus six new poems from Han.
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Six new poems at @salvationsouth.com, and this love poem with all the seasons and lambing one of my favorites. 💙
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April 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Six new poems at @salvationsouth.com, and this love poem with all the seasons and lambing one of my favorites. 💙
www.salvationsouth.com/han-vanderha...
www.salvationsouth.com/han-vanderha...
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I hope you’ll read my new essay for @salvationsouth.com (Salvation South) about poetry, hope, and belief in troubled times.
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A Crackling Fire of Hope
Kentucky poet laureate Silas House on how poems and songs offer hope and solace in the divided America of 2025.
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April 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I hope you’ll read my new essay for @salvationsouth.com (Salvation South) about poetry, hope, and belief in troubled times.
www.salvationsouth.com/silas-house-...
www.salvationsouth.com/silas-house-...