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Brent Cronin :: Anyone but Annie ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I currently live in West Virginia, which is in that grey area between the Mid-Atlantic and the South, so I believe I qualify to submit to this journal. Anyone but Annie Chester’s suit was too tight, especially...

Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Richard Cutler :: The Squirrels Eat My Roof in January ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The Pamlico River divides Beaufort County in North Carolina into north and south portions. I was created, birthed, and reared and made into who I am today on a black dirt farm on the north side of...

Flash Fiction

George Uriah :: Katrina, Darling ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I moved from Nairobi to Nashville right before I started high school and I vowed to leave the South the moment I graduated. I reluctantly stayed in town for college and then went as far away as...

Flash Fiction

James M. Maskell :: Henry ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve spent my life in an area known as the south shore, which is just south of Boston. And despite just how northern that may seem to the rest of the country, believe me when I say...

Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Terry Ann Thaxton :: The Doll in the Mirror ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement Fifth generation Floridian. So far south, I ain’t got a twang. But my great-great grandparents (Joseph B. Keen/e, 1837-1898 and Mary P. Bronson, 1840-1921) are buried in the Shingle Creek Cemetery south of Orlando, Florida, tucked behind...

Flash Fiction

Hope Coulter :: Spot He ::

I was born in New Orleans—long story, but as a Southern Legitimacy Statement it could stop right there. On the other hand, Southerners rarely stop talking when they should, so I’ll go on to say that my natal residency in...

Poetry

Jack J. B. Hutchens :: Rodeo | How to Rope a Cow | The Last Friday Night ::

As far as a Southern Legitimacy Statement, I’m not sure how to begin. I’m a red-legged Jayhawker abolitionist Kansan. As a descendent (in Spirit) of John Brown, I never thought of myself as Northern or Southern, but in the In-Between....

Poetry

Joe Bisicchia :: Three Very Fine Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement, it is what it is. Growing up in South Philly, the rest of the world was a world away. North Philly was as far as Quebec. But then I went to North Philly. Met the good people,...

Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy :: Grandmammy ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a writer and author with a rich family history. My folks either are Southern or on my dad’s side of the house, immigrants who came in the late 1800’s. I’m a widow with a big...

Interviews / Books / Music

From the Mountains to the Sea

Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea by Jim Gulledge … Okay, y’all, get ready. This book grabs hold of you and doesn’t let go. Jim’s answers to my questions about the publishing industry, his writing process, and more, follow the...

Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

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,...

Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

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...

Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

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...

Brent Cronin :: Anyone but Annie ::

Richard Cutler :: The Squirrels Eat My Roof in January ::

George Uriah :: Katrina, Darling ::

James M. Maskell :: Henry ::

Terry Ann Thaxton :: The Doll in the Mirror ::

Hope Coulter :: Spot He ::

Jack J. B. Hutchens :: Rodeo | How to Rope a Cow | The Last Friday Night ::

Joe Bisicchia :: Three Very Fine Poems ::

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy :: Grandmammy ::

From the Mountains to the Sea

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 ::

Judy Merens :: Ghosts of Thanksgivings Past ::

Tyler Ayres :: Cut Tomatoes ::

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