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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · 9d

I'm attending Ruwa Romman for Governor's event, “Ruwa for Governor Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ruwaforgeorg...

Ruwa for Governor Kickoff Call · Ruwa Romman for Governor

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 ...

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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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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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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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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.

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · May 14

We need your support. Please join to keep @salvationsouth.com alive.

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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⚜️☘️Deep South Kitsune☘️⚜️ @dennisewho.bsky.social · May 12

On the liturgical calendar of The Episcopal Church, May 13th is the feast day for Blessed Frances Perkins, the woman who served as the Secretary of Labor in FDR's cabinet and who envisioned and personally drafted much of the legislation to create such New Deal programs as Social Security,

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · May 13

Talking to Bill Ferris is one of my favorite things.

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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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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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Apr 7

Yes, we are one body. May more of us learn to live that way.

Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · Apr 7

#NationalPoetryMonth porch party continues with our interview with @hanvanderhart.bsky.social. Plus six new poems from Han.

“Are We Not One Body?”

Meet Han VanderHart, Southern poet and author of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize-winning “Larks,” whose vulnerable verses hold healing power.

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Apr 6

“When times are dark…gather good people,” @silashouse.bsky.social tells us in @salvationsouth.com today. Thank you, Silas, for your crackling fire.

A Crackling Fire of Hope

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

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Mar 16

Tiana Clark is one of the most brilliant among the young generation of Southern writers. An unapologetic speaker of truth and love. Read our interview w/ her at @salvationsouth.com.

The Unapologetic Verse of Tiana Clark

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

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Longreads @longreads.com · Feb 27

"Change came like a tsunami—which, contrary to what many people think, does not always announce itself with a mighty roar, but seeps in under the door when you aren’t looking."

Tracy Thompson for @salvationsouth.com:

Solastalgia - Longreads

"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?"

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Bloom @jerrybloom.bsky.social · Mar 8

What an awesome story over at @salvationsouth.com

A Temporary Arrangement

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

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Mar 2

We 💕 this story. Serious. Fun. Serious fun to read.

Laura Leigh Morris @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social · Mar 2

I adore the artwork @salvationsouth.com created for my Mothman story. Check it out here: www.salvationsouth.com/laura-lee-mo...

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Mar 1

All of us at @salvationsouth.com thank @cherilucasrowlands.com for seeing how Tracy Thompson’s “Solastalgia” “sinks into you.” It surely does. Thanks for including us is @longreads.com’s top stories.

Solastalgia

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

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John W Buaas @johnwbuaas.bsky.social · Feb 17

Just a quick note to thank @chuckreece.bsky.social and @salvationsouth.com for their Salvation South podcast. As someone born in Texas who thought he knew abt. the South till he lived in Mobile for 7 years, starting listening to these short pieces today was like eating some really good hopping john.

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Feb 18

Thank you, John. Mighty nice of you to say that.

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Feb 16

Tracy Thompson's writing and research are important. Her book "The New Mind of the South" felt like a great awakening to me. So I'm proud @salvationsouth.com today gets to publish her new piece about the grief you feel when your home literally disappears.
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Solastalgia - Salvation South

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?

www.salvationsouth.com

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Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social · Jan 30

@salvationsouth.com is looking for 1, 2 avid readers who care deeply about the American South to volunteer to read submissions—nonfiction, journalism, fiction, and poetry. If you're interested, please send me a DM, a chat message, whatever you call those things here on Bluesky!

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Jan 17

Yesterday, across from Ebenezer Baptist Church—just days before MLK Day, when crowds will gather to honor justice and equality—a homeless man was killed during an encampment sweep by an Atlanta city vehicle.

These sweeps are cruel, brutal, and utterly counterproductive in addressing homelessness.

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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · Jan 17

Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for eligible North Carolinians for an additional six months in Helene impacted counties. ncnewsline.com/briefs/gov-j... @gchildress.bsky.social #ncpol #wnc #housing

Gov. Josh Stein calls on FEMA to extend hotel vouchers for Helene victims in western NC • NC Newsline

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

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Ellen Eldridge @elleneldridge27.bsky.social · Jan 16

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