Chris Hamby recounts miners’ fight for health benefits in Soul Full of Coal Dust
…the legal battles disease-stricken miners waged against their wealthy employers for modest monthly payments of $500 to $800. The weapons lawyers used when they worked for companies like Massey Coal…
Writers of color consider what it means to belong in the South
…and Modern Day Slavery in the ‘New’ South,” Cleveland describes her awakening to the profound inequality baked into “the racial and religious power dynamics” of NCAA basketball at Duke University….
The meaning of the Southern Festival of Books in a season of loss
…I had wanted to say: Yes, it was sad to be reminded that my friend was gone, but it was also a joy, because in a real way I got…
Lisa Donovan’s memoir is never short of passion
…limiting personal circumstances, to be true to herself, and to be worthy of her gifts, despite her exposure to what she calls “the pathetic underbelly of the hospitality industry.” The…
Connor Towne O’Neill grapples with America’s legacy of white supremacy
…to cede opportunity, prerogative, our privileged place in a bloody hierarchy. Absolutely, we can do it. We can find a way to understand people as people, in all their complications,…
Greetings from New Nashville considers the city’s transformation and its future
…New Nashville celebrates the progress of the last 20 years, but, as the civic hoopla dissipates, Nashville faces the tough question encountered by every city that experiences momentary spotlight: What…
