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ARTS & SOUL

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Bucking a southern trend, Memphis rap stays in its lane

by David Turner April 18, 2017September 16, 2020
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Two poems: "Miriam" and "Dear Favorite Granddaughter"

by Ellen Hagan March 31, 2017December 3, 2020
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Poem: At the Edge of Dusk from Hollywood Cemetery

by Matthew Wimberely March 22, 2017December 3, 2020
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"Your heart's in the right place, but your soul isn't"

by Kory Oliver March 8, 2017September 16, 2020
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Poem: A Meditation on Burnt Offerings

by Destiny Hemphill February 16, 2017December 3, 2020
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Two poems: Ohio River & Border State of Denial

by Jeremy Michael Clark January 25, 2017December 3, 2020
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A history of the present: What if the United States is Easter Island?

by Peter H. Wood January 20, 2017September 27, 2023
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Poem: Three Southern Bops

by Alexis Pauline Gumbs December 30, 2016December 3, 2020
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Photo essay: The fight for worker rights in North Carolina's meat-processing plants

by Sarah Garrahan December 14, 2016September 16, 2020
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Photo essay: Southerners shut down the Klan

by Zoe Litaker December 7, 2016September 16, 2020
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Freedom Schools try to teach the truth about race in America

by Jesse DeConto October 9, 2016November 13, 2023
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Photo essay: This school teaches reading, writing, and pride

by Robin Rayne Nelson September 12, 2016November 13, 2023
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Mixtape review: 12 For 12 by Big KRIT

by Robert L. Reece September 9, 2016September 16, 2020
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The most influential college you've never heard of, why it folded, and why it matters

by Sammy Feldblum August 24, 2016November 13, 2023
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Here's what the Angola 3 dreamt up in solitary

by Holly Genovese August 18, 2016June 23, 2021
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The best damned chicken in the world*

by Ian Williams July 19, 2016September 27, 2023
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Chatting with Virginia's "dark, drastic" new novelist

by Eric J. Wallace June 22, 2016December 3, 2020
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Photo essay: Why play the Confederates in New York?

by Hannah Nemer June 10, 2016September 16, 2020
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Who's got the blues anymore?

by Sarah Gibson June 2, 2016September 16, 2020
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It's time to reconsider Carolina barbecue

by Tom Wolf May 5, 2016September 27, 2023
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Freedom and Black womanhood in Beyoncé's Lemonade

by Stevona Rogers May 3, 2016December 3, 2020
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Who tells Richmond's story?

by Amanda Lineberry March 17, 2016September 16, 2020
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Harper Lee taught us to recognize love

by Alex Werrell February 23, 2016September 16, 2020
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The all-purpose presidential stump speech

by Zack Wortman February 11, 2016September 16, 2020
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Poem: Fat Sherri

by Ashley Keyser January 14, 2016December 3, 2020
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Poem: Poor Liam

by Kristian Becker January 14, 2016December 3, 2020
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Poem: God of the Motorcade

by Joy Priest January 14, 2016December 3, 2020
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Photo essay: New Orleans, August 2015

by Nik Nerburn December 19, 2015September 27, 2023
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Review: "Prom is the least of our worries"

by Kelly Baker November 3, 2015November 13, 2023
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Poem: The Mortals

by Allison Seay September 8, 2015December 3, 2020

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