Kimberly Williams :: “Southern Cornbread Dressing as described in The New Perry Hotel: A Century of Southern Hospitality, A Compilation of Memories and Favorite Recipes of Nannette Green in Her 50th Year at the New Perry Hotel” by Bobbe Nelson ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in west Georgia and east Alabama, my high school mascot was a distinguished Civil War soldier and my grandparents never pronounced the “r” in my first name. Pot likker soothed my colic and constipation,...
Judy Merens :: Ghosts of Thanksgivings Past ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have dual citizenship in both the South and the Midwest. I am a new writer, reborn by discovering writing in my 70’s (years, not the decade.) I love the South–the food, the music, the lakes and...
Tyler Ayres :: Cut Tomatoes ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Though I was sired in New York City, my folks brought me up in Central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania isn’t the South, you say? Alright, friendo. Step into my office. See this map? Pittsburgh over on this side, Philly...
Lee Anne Sontheimer Murphy :: Asleep in the Arms of Jesus ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: My ancestors wore Confederate gray and stood with Lee at Appomattox. My husband’s folks hailed from Louisiana and I learned to make gumbo and chicken maque choux and boudin from a Cajun lady named Miss Odile. My...
James Huneycutt :: Drug Policy Memo ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: The author is an ex-offender who runs a successful plumbing company in Virginia. He scribbles on the backs of invoices, estimates and parts lists. These scraps accumulate on the dashboard of his plumbing van until he can...
Erin Savage :: When a Tea Party Is Not a Tea Party: An Unwanted Invite ::
Southern legitimacy statement: My parents dragged me away from the home I loved in Louisville, to put down roots in the frigid Midwest. My time residing in Louisville, the home of my earliest memories, was well spent though. When I...
Albert Dixon :: Storms of My Youth ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in the South, I live in the South: Athens, Georgia. I’ve tried to leave, a few times, but I always come back. Nowhere else feels like home. Storms of My Youth There was a...
Mike Wilson :: Choice ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. My father grew up in Strawberry Holler, Wayne County, Kentucky. My mother’s father was a coal miner in Eastern Kentucky. Neither of them were much on church, but going was part...
Tracie Adams :: I Guess We’ll Never Know ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: When I let my dogs out in the morning, I’m rewarded with a picturesque view of rolling hills, pastures dotted with horses and a tiny mule. The goats bleat at me incessantly and I don’t mind. On...
Brandon Yu :: Blessings in Disguise ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Some people think Florida doesn’t count as the South, but I beg to differ. The heat, Spanish moss, and help-yourself attitude of everyone here in Tampa– many of whom hail from Alabama or Georgia– have made this...
Anna Davis-Abel :: Southern Sweet Tea ::
Southern legitimacy statement– The South is inextricable from me as my bones. I was born in Mississippi to two families that traced their lineages to poor antebellum share croppers and then grew up in Alabama. I left the south for...
Eric Olsen :: Life, Legacy, Fractured Spines, and the Power of Now ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a grits, sweet tea, and collards enthusiast. I have a recipe for each that I make myself regularly. *ya’ll need to read this essay.. Life, Legacy, Fractured Spines, and the Power of Now April 13,...
Barry Gordon Thompson-Cook :: It Was On a Bayou ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Barry Gordon Thompson-Cook was born in Louisiana and is buried there. In between, he lived in Dallas, Omaha before moving back to Louisiana. He left his beloved Opelousas to marry a Yankee, to the horror of his...
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