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Anatomy of a Lynching: Racist Retribution in Owensboro, Kentucky

Anatomy of a Lynching: Racist Retribution in Owensboro, Kentucky

Sonya Lea Chronicles a Notorious Case of White Supremacist Violence in the American South

By Sonya Lea | October 16, 2025

Inside the Political Economy of New World Slavery

Inside the Political Economy of New World Slavery

David McNally Offers a Marxist Perspective on the Economics of Human Exploitation

By David McNally | September 22, 2025

The Synagogue in the Heart of the Delta: Exploring Jewish Culture in Rural Mississippi

The Synagogue in the Heart of the Delta: Exploring Jewish Culture in Rural Mississippi

Lauren Rhoades on Finding Community and Identity in the Overwhelmingly Christian Deep South

By Lauren Rhoades | June 12, 2025

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

David Levering Lewis on the Eternal Questions of Race and Power Surrounding the American National Narrative

By David Levering Lewis | February 12, 2025

What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

Earl Swift on the Continuing Regime of Racial Terror in the Post-Civil War American South

By Earl Swift | April 25, 2024

One Night at Mable Peabody’s, The Last Gay Bar in Denton, Texas

One Night at Mable Peabody’s, The Last Gay Bar in Denton, Texas

Lucas Hilderbrand Explores Queer Culture in the Early Trump Years

By Lucas Hilderbrand | November 22, 2023

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Watch Jericho Brown in the upcoming PBS documentary series <em>Southern Storytellers</em>.

Watch Jericho Brown in the upcoming PBS documentary series Southern Storytellers.

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2023

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Rachel Louise Martin on the Explosive Fight for Civil Rights in the American South

By Rachel Louise Martin | July 5, 2023

Katy Simpson Smith on Writing a Southern Woman Louder Than Herself

Katy Simpson Smith on Writing a Southern Woman Louder Than Herself

“Fiction, as it turns out, allowed me to finally speak.”

By Katy Simpson Smith | April 18, 2023

Confronting the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

Confronting the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

Ousmane Power-Green on Bringing His Daughter to Alabama

By Ousmane Power-Green | November 3, 2022

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

”Years from now when I find them in my closet I will remember what havoc I will have wreaked.”

By Julia Reed | September 26, 2022

What It Means To Be a Southern Chef As An Indian Immigrant

What It Means To Be a Southern Chef As An Indian Immigrant

Vishwesh Bhatt on Marrying the Flavors of South Asia With Those of the American South

By Vishwesh Bhatt | August 16, 2022

Kevin McIlvoy on the Periodic Reemergence of Ghost Stories

Kevin McIlvoy on the Periodic Reemergence of Ghost Stories

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | June 25, 2021

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