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Introducing the Arts & Culture Issue! The Fall 2025 Issue will think expansively about the arts and culture that define and disturb our ideas of the South and Southerness. Pre-order now for August delivery and find it on newsstands on September 2nd. oxfordamericangoods.org/products/issue…

#EyesontheSouth | Pure Oil | Kristie Cornell   Lafayette-based photographer Kristie Cornell documents the impact of neglect and illegal dumping on Louisiana’s Coastal Prairie.   🔗: shorturl.at/pdafM

In “How Contract Poultry Farmers are Transitioning to New, Profitable Ventures,” Chris Pomorski documents the tumultuous relationship between company and farmer, and how groups like the Transfarmation Project offer a brighter future for the food industry.  shorturl.at/z6PKb

#EyesontheSouth | Three Photographic Surveys | Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project   Compare Kentucky in the Depression era to the state anew in this “visual tone poem” spanning ninety years.   🔗: shorturl.at/MZ86o

“Her sweet clear twang, in harmony with the others, hit like sunshine.”   —After discovering recordings made by her little-known gospel-singing grandmother, Ella Hanshaw, Kelly Kerney worked to preserve and share them for the very first time.   🔗: shorturl.at/3HFZv

“The fact that the murals are open, accessible, unguarded is part of what gives them their power.”   —In a feature article from @BurnawayGA, Daniel Fuller examines the importance of setting for John T. Biggers’s murals.   🔗: shorturl.at/MPt8o

#EyesontheSouth | On Contentious Ground | Vann Thomas Powell   Visiting the sites of the American Civil War over 160 years later, @vann_t_powell captures its, “. . . lasting impact on individuals, families, and landscapes.”   🔗: shorturl.at/omclv

In recognition of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we invite submissions from writers and photographers to share their work that reckons with the storm’s lasting legacy. Learn more and submit your work at oxfordamerican.org/submissions

“The @Appalshop-produced 1987 documentary Long Journey Home became one of the bookends to the . . . reflections about Appalachia.” —William H. Turner reflects on the film’s portrayal of Eastern Kentuckians in a collab with @AppalArchive. 🔗: shorturl.at/SL5OB

Our hearts are heavy for our friends and neighbors in Texas impacted by the devastating flooding. From now until Saturday, July 12, we will donate $5 from every Music Issue sold to the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund. oxfordamericangoods.org/collections/mu…

🌷✨ Your sign to grab your girls and book a getaway to Tupelo, MS! 🔗 to plan your trip. bit.ly/VisitTupelo-OA #mytupelo #girlsgetaway #travel #summer #ad

“How you tell a story, and what parts you tell, matters.”–In “Chosen History” from Issue 105, @mychalsmith takes notes on the state of Virginia. Read the full essay: shorturl.at/2iA3n Art: “Jefferson,” by Maxine Helfman

Eyes On The South | Thirteen Colonies | Keith Yahrling oxfordamerican.org/eyes/thirteen-… A study of battle sites from the Revolutionary War across the original thirteen colonies & how the concepts of freedom and liberty are subtly embedded in the American landscape.

“It would have took . . . a five minute phone call, and they would have probably backed out of that site real quick.”   —Jack Wells with River South Rural Water District on the lack of planning for the proposed 3,000-bed Franklin County prison.   🔗: shorturl.at/0yiGA

We are seeking submissions for our just-announced 27th Annual Southern Music Issue, focused on Austin, TX! Learn more and submit your work before July 21st: OxfordAmerican.org/Submissions

“Wonderland’s performance at the Windgate Center was proof alone of the experiential impact of live performances.”    —@carolynwonderla and her bandmates performed in Conway, Arkansas, this past Sunday to announce the OA’s 2025 Austin Music Issue.   🔗: shorturl.at/Y4YcZ

🎶 Just announced: The 27th Oxford American Southern Music Issue will spotlight Austin, TX! From juke joints to the iconic Austin City Limits studio, we’re celebrating the city’s rich musical legacy—with a limited-edition vinyl LP to match! oxfordamericangoods.org/products/issue…

"Dollar General’s business model relies on both its customers and workers being disadvantaged; the company has long benefited from a model . . . that depreciates labor power, and therefore wages, across the region." @kjfernelius @oxfordamerican oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue…

“Late June and there’s a shortage/of air traffic controllers//in the Mid-Atlantic” —an excerpt from @edgarjameskunz’s “Real Money,” a poem from the Spring 2023 issue. shorturl.at/ICbqE Art: Apocalypse III, 2020, by Miguel Rothschild

🎉 This Sunday! 🎶 Join Oxford American for a free live show with Carolyn Wonderland at the UCA Windgate Center in Conway—plus the first look at our 2025 Music Issue theme! 🕠 Doors at 5:30PM 🎤 Show at 6PM 🎟 Reserve: bit.ly/OA-Wonderland Walk-ups welcome as space allows!