Sarah Das Gupta :: A Green and Pleasant Land ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: In the UK I’m known as a ‘posh’ Southerner because I live south of Watford. My chidhood was spent in the south of England in a village at the highest point of the North Downs- which with...
Michele Hromada :: River Street ::
I lived most of my life in NY, but for the past year I’ve resided in Savannah, GA. Relocating here had been an adjustment until I discovered the quirky pleasure of walking along the Savannah River with my dog, Noah....
Lou Storey :: The Fit Test ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: An old friend from college living up in Maine visited my home here in Savannah, Georgia. “Why don’t they clean all the moss off these old trees?” she asked. “Cause,’ I explained, “unlike your snow, our moss...
Deborah Robinson :: Newly Redecorated Villa ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement:As the annual rush to Florida begins each year, there are many issues facing fun-loving retirees. Whether they own a beautiful home, rent a condominium, or camp for the winter, heading South can be a risky proposition. Leaving...
Scott Beard :: Rising Fog ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I wish all these people from California would stop moving here. Rising Fog Born in a back alley on a Thursday, my nativity predisposed me to drinking; but I can’t say it had anything to do with...
Katheryn Krotzer Laborde :: Off Balance ::
SLS: My mother was from Richmond, though I think she was born in Lynchburg. Because my father was from Philly, I grew up thinking I was the product of a mixed marriage. I lived here and there (Virginia, Tennessee, Texas)...
Kevin Brown :: Three Poems ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I currently live in Nashville (questionable as to the Southerness these days, but I’ll still go with it), and I’ve grown up and spent most of my life in Tennessee (outside Chattanooga; the Northeast corner; born in...
Edward Burke :: Texas Experiment in Mortuary Science ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve been south of south for so long I can’t even remember the last time I saw Ursas Major or Minor, I guess they’re still up there somewhere. The quantum perturbations at whatever latitude I’m in are...
Alissa C. Miles :: Bone Edge ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in South Carolina wishing for snow in the winters and shoving my toes in the pluff mud on the banks of marshes during the summer. My family ties stretch across this corn-flake-shaped state, from...
Cecil Geary :: The Dead Mule ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in Kentucky, Southern Indiana and Southern California. My family is from Grayson County, Kentucky which is the setting for most of my stories. The Dead Mule Charlie Drucker stood at the edge of the...
Grey Brown :: Black Irish, The Second Coming, My Oldest Sister Gets Married ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Rocky Mount, NC, home to Melton’s Barbeque and the Tar River. One Saturday, my family took the ski boat out on the Tar River, but never again. When you swam in the Tar,...
Juan Cruz :: A Morning in Bogotá ::
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. I moved to the US when I was in my twenties. I lived in South Carolina for almost a decade. I earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of...
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