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Jody DiPerna @jodydiperna.bsky.social · 14d

Man, I love this poem by Lucie Brooks @salvationsouth.com

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Award-winning Kentucky poet Lucie Brooks, a finalist for the Grand Prix poetry prize, with ten lines of instruction on how to survive.

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Aug 31

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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Aug 20

Nice of you to say so, Mr. West.

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Aug 20

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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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Aug 10

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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Jul 29

We forgot gorgeous. Sorry!

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Jul 29

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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#salvationsouth #educationmatters

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Jun 30

Thank you!!!

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Jun 22

It’s not just new. It’s also pretty great.

Sarah Josephine @sarahjosephinep.bsky.social · Jun 22

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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Jun 4

That'll work.

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jessicamanack.bsky.social @jessicamanack.bsky.social · Jun 3

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-...

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Jun 1

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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Nancy Yang @nobrieny.bsky.social · Jun 1

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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · May 20

Out today on @bullcitypress.com. This weekend, we'll have two stories excerpted from the book, plus "Ten Questions for Daniel Wallace."

Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · May 20

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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Suzanne Minarcine @drsuzannem.bsky.social · May 20

If you aren’t reading the Salvation South posts, you’re missing out on good stories.

Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · May 18

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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Ellen Ann Fentress @eafentress.bsky.social · May 18

Her eyes, my ambition Thank you @salvationsouth.com & @chuckreece.bsky.social

Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · May 18

@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.

www.salvationsouth.com

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · May 18

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

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · May 14

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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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · May 12

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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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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Apr 23

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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Apr 23

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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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Apr 21

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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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · Apr 10

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

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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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Apr 8

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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