Podcast Episode · Salvation South · May 20 · 29m

YouTube video by Spencer B. King, Jr Center for Southern Studies

The viral phrase is easy to dismiss, but its ubiquity suggests something crucial about human nature.

It’s time to build a movement! Republicans have controlled our state for way too long and the only way to change that is building infrastructure while fighting to make Georgia one we can afford. We ...

Chuck Reece explores Widespread Panic, the devotion of its fans, and the enduring community built on joy, kinship, and sharing.

Mississippi photography by legendary writer Chris Offutt. This Southern photo essay captures everday sights with sharp Mississippi images.

With Appalachian Studies programs under threat, Arthurdale, West Virginia, is building new roads to Appalachian cultural preservation.

Discover Dusti Bongé’s biography and legacy in Ellen Ann Fentress’s essay on Mississippi women artists and creative ambition blooming late.

Discover the Southern poetry of Kentucky's Joy Priest. Chuck Reece interviews her on her acclaimed "Horsepower" poetry collection and more.

Kentucky poet laureate Silas House on how poems and songs offer hope and solace in the divided America of 2025.

Southern poet Tiana Clark on her roots, her Scorched Earth poetry collection, and radical Black joy in poetry. A bold voice for modern times.

"Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?"

A cryptid joins the family in Laura Leigh Morris's "A Temporary Arrangement." Southern Mothman fiction. A short story about divorce. Sorta.

Southern author Tracy Thompson's "Solastalgia": environmental change, childhood memories, and the grief of losing a rural homeland.

Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?

Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance program for eligible North Carolinians six months

On this episode of Salvation South Deluxe, we're debunking the Robert Johnson myth. We'll explain how the "deal with the devil" story overshadowed a blues genius and led to exploitation of his legacy.

Christian J. Collier, a rising voice in Southern poetry, explores loss, faith, and the complexities of Black identity in the South. His work challenges traditional masculinity and interrogates the div...

South Carolina poet Ray McManus maps what matters in this tribute to the late president.

President Jimmy Carter’s ultimate lesson to us might have been his faith in faith itself.

by Silas House illustrations by Molly Brooks She put up all her Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving without fail. It was a complicated affair that required me, her children, and others to...

Chuck Reece was a teenager when he first shook Carter’s hand, not knowing the man would transcend politics to become a global force for good. A few words from one Southerner about another’s century-lo...

"Joe Hazard donated the land for a cross that towered over Mayhaw, Mississippi. He never dreamed his generosity would spark a divine comedy."

As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

If you believe the words “progressive” and “Christianity” don't go together, you haven't been to the Wild Goose Festival, a Carolina gathering that challenges perceptions of Southern Christianity.

Slavery has often been called America’s original sin. And it’s the first topic that education systems throughout the country have most sought to downplay in their curricula, historically avoiding in-d...

Santa's last words before jumps down your chimney! One of three limited edition Salvation South tea towels for Christmas 2024. Large, white cotton flour sack tea towel. 30"x30". Holiday green on white...