Neha Agarwal :: Split ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Heat that bears down like warm inland waters, spice that nourishes even as it cuts through, and stories that are passed down as precious family heirlooms. I am not from the American South, but I know a...
Jordan Hoban :: An Honest Life ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: [NC resident] for 32 years. From a young age, I attended an Independent Baptist church on the outskirts of Charlotte, NC, and was educated in the church’s Christian school, which influenced my writing by exposing me to...
Nick Wynn :: No Taste for Chicken and Dumplings ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement:I am a Southerner–born, bred, raised, and hopefully to be buried in the red clay soil of Georgia. I grew up in rural Georgia and experienced the poverty and wealth of a lumber dependent family. From outdoor toilets,...
Con Chapman :: My Right Arm ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was raised in Sedalia, Missouri, site of a “skirmish” between Yankee and Rebel forces during the Civil War; while the town had southern sympathizers, I found a Union army cavalry handbook in a stove in the...
Becky Meadows :: Boodoo vs. The Pantyhose ::
Shut hern Legitimacy Statement:I am a farm girl who still reaches for her gum boots to go feed the birds. I grew up in the arms of a grandmother who worked 40 hours a week for 36 years in a...
Lou Storey :: The Fit Test ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: An old friend from college living up in Maine visited my home here in Savannah, Georgia. “Why don’t they clean all the moss off these old trees?” she asked. “Cause,’ I explained, “unlike your snow, our moss...
Juan Cruz :: A Morning in Bogotá ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. I moved to the US when I was in my twenties. I lived in South Carolina for almost a decade. I earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of...
Amita Basu :: Escape Plan ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Here in South India, filter coffee is the norm. This is not just a method of brewing coffee — using a pair of cylindrical steel vessels, the top vessel containing a filter — but also a type...
John Frame :: A Real Job ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I spent a year living in Charlotte, North Carolina between 1996 and 1997, teaching at UNC-Charlotte and conducting historical research with the help of scholarships from Nations Bank and the St. Andrew’s Society of North Carolina. There...
Chaz Lilly :: Holding Water ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Florida, raised in Georgia and migrated to East Texas for a spell. I’ve worked in the Arklamiss at UL Monroe and now reside in North Georgia. I have a tattoo of a frog with a...
Anne Anthony :: The Bingo Ladies ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement Anne Anthony lives in North Carolina though when she engages you in conversation it’s clear she was born above the Mason-Dixon Line. Still, if she’s reading you her stories, sometimes her voice slides into the gentle sway...
Carol Flythe :: Them ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Texas and have a really awesome Texas drawl. My husband grew up in Georgia and we frequently visit his family there. We want to move to Alabama. Also, sweet tea is...
Poetry
Essays
