Issue 57, Summer 2007
Best of the South Vol. II
“When did novelists, essayists, and poets come to the belief that everyone would be mesmerized, enchanted, and enthralled with having to look at their tortured selves staring blankly at the ceiling tiles?” — George Singleton, “The Daily Grind”
Odes by Ron Rash, Annie Wedekind, Jeff Baker, Brock Clarke, Bret Anthony Johnston, and more. Art by Henryk Fantazos. Fiction by Michael Gillis and Hannah Pittard. Poetry by Kevin Young and Jennifer Malesich.
Other contributors include David Gessner, George Singletom, Beth Ann Fennelly, Jack Pendarvis, and others.
Columns & Departments
Guest Editor's Box
ODE TO THE THEME ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE
by Jack Pendarvis
Gone Off Up North
HOT PIG! HOT POSSUM!
by Roy Blount, Jr.
Local Fare
MULLET HOLIDAY
by John T. Edge
Meditation
EATING MY HEART OUT
by Beth Ann Fennelly
Argument
MANFOOD
by Andy Selsberg
Poetry
MEMOIR
by Jennifer Malesich
Essay
FANTASTIC VOYAGE
by Tom Chaffin
The Canon
AN AMERICAN CUSS: WILLIAM BRADFORD HUIE
by Devin McKinney
Writing on Writing
THE DREAMER DID NOT EXIST
by David Gessner
Writing on Writing
THE DAILY GRIND
by George Singleton
Writing on Writing
THE APPRENTICE
by S.L. Price
The Canon
PORTRAIT OF THE SPINSTER AS A YOUNG WOMAN
by William Caverlee
After the Storm
NOTES FROM CAMPUS
by Ada Liana Bidiuc
Argument
A STATE OF CONFUSION
by Jason Headley
Dealer's Choice
THE WORST OF THE SOUTH
by Hal Crowther
Southern Scenes
"CARROT WALK"
by Chip Simons
Features
OA Gallery
THE FRESH EYE OF HENRYK FANTAZOS
with an introduction by Jack Gilbert
THE NIGHTCLUB THAT WAS
by Hardy Brown Nelems
My experiences in a backwoods nightclub, where most customers wore blue jeans and overalls.
A JUROR'S NOTES
by Madison Smart Bell
Testifying in the stop-snitchin' era.
Five Poems
ODE TO CHICKEN, I WALK THE LINE, ODE TO KITCHEN GREASE, SOMETHING BORROWED BLUES, and SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN
by Kevin Young
IDIOT WIND
a story by Michael Gills
How my life came to fit in a phone booth.
RABIES DO NOT TALK OF LOVE
a story by Hannah Pittard
We are sisters. But we are not equals.
Second Annual Best of the South Odes
Best Poem Set in a Southern Junkyard
by Ron Rash
Gentle Soul
by Sonny Brewer
Old Haunt
by Annie Wedekind
Special Place
by Michael Powell
Giant Cowboy Boots
by Bret Anthony Johnston
Stoner
by Michael Parker
Sno-Balls
by Donn Cooper
Literary Sequel
by Brock Clarke
Beset Southern Playwright You Haven't Heard of Yet
by Dan Kois
Family History
by Sarah A. Strickley
Exploitation Director
by David Smay
Giant Toads
by Jason Ockert
Fast-Food Biscuit
by Jim Ruland
Catfish House
by Katherine Whitworth
Grandma's Snuff
by Farrell Evans
Endangered Appalachians
by Erik Reece
Founding Brother
by Jeff Baker
by Brad Land
Cover: “Teen Bunny Pea Pod” by Chip Simons
