The Threads of Time and Place

So much of James’s work is like this—haunted and fairytale-like, imbued with hidden magics, layered with mystery and meaning.

By Beth Ward

Web Feature

The Book of Flowers

As florists, we must be cognizant of the space in which we are designing. We must always ensure our designs live in harmony with the space.

By Lee Matalone

Issue 124, Spring 2024

Hosanna Japa Town

If somebody falls off, I will not stop. If somebody cries I’m thirsty, I will not stop. If bandits fire machine guns, I will not stop.

By Iheoma Nwachukwu

Issue 124, Spring 2024

Don’t Bleed on the Artwork: Notes from the Afterlife

At the frame shop there is so much beauty, it can’t be real. Maybe this is the afterlife, I think. Or purgatory.

By Wendy Brenner

Black Country: A Love Letter and Living Archive

If Black country is having a moment because of Beyoncé, we are here like always to guide and probe and make the necessary connections.

By Oxford American

BARRY HANNAH ON THE TURNTABLE

A recording of a 1989 Barry Hannah lecture belongs among the most revealing documents we have about the author. “Listening to the record is like...

By Robert Rea

“Reckoning comes before reconciliation and often begins at the table.”

—Alice Randall

Podcast

Points South

Daisy Bates in Mitchellville

Join producer Christian Leus for part two of our story about Mitchellville, Arkansas, as she explores the history and legacy of the Mitchellville Self-Help Project, led by Daisy Bates.

Points South

Foundations of a Black Town

Producer Christian Leus travels to Mitchellville, Arkansas, a small Black town close to the Mississippi state line. Mitchellville’s story is little...

Points South

Points South Live: Otis Redding Foundation and Macon Music Revue

Our 25th annual Southern Music Issue is on newsstands now! Join us for a special celebration of one of the South’s greatest balladeers: Otis Redding....

Eyes on the South

A Way to Get Gone

By Darryl DeAngelo Terrell

A Way Home

By Jay Simple

I-10 Runs Through It

By Johanna Warwick

A Dream Abandoned

By Brett Schenning

Devil's Half Acre

By Ajay Malghan

“God bless America and God bless the Oxford American…”

—Dolly Parton

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Spring 2024 Issue #124

Available now! The editors imagine this issue as an art object in and of itself, a tangible archive to display and return to again and again.