Southern Cultures
Edited by Marcie Cohen Ferris, UNC Chapel Hill Tom Rankin, UNC Chapel Hill, and Regina N. Bradley, Kennesaw State University

Frequency: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
Latest Issue: Volume 28, 2022
Size: 7” x 10”, average length 160 pages
Bibliographic Information: ISSN: Print 1068-8218; Digital 1543-1488
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UNC Press joins with the UNC Center for the Study of the American South in publishing Southern Cultures. Founded by John Shelton Reed, this award-winning journal explores the history, politics, folklore, literature, and art of the South. Each issue includes articles and essays; reviews of books, museum exhibitions, films, and sound recordings; and regular features, such as “South Polls,” which present public opinion polls on topics of regional interest. For more information, visit the Southern Cultures website.
Malinda Maynor Lowery is an associate professor in the Department of History and is director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Marcie Cohen Ferris is associate professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Editors
Marcie Cohen Ferris, Tom Rankin, and Regina N. Bradley
Executive Editor
Ayşe Erginer
Deputy Editor & Art Director
Emily Wallace
Managing Editor
Emma Calabrese
Associate Editors
Katharine Henry
Irene Newman
Media & Production
Ashley Melzer
Poetry Editors
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Destiny Hemphill
Music Editor
Aaron Smithers
Founding Editors
John Shelton Reed and Harry Watson
Table of Contents
Spring 2022: Crafted
Front Porch
To Repair a Broken World
by Marcie Cohen Ferris
How the Sausage Is Made
Notes on Craft and Context
by Danille Elise Christensen
Quilts, Social Engineering, and Black Power in the Tennessee Valley
by Janneken Smucker
Photo Essay
Art & Alchemy
North Carolina Repair Professionals
by Katy Clune and Julia Gartrell
Natural-Born Subversive
Dede Styles on Living and Dyeing in Swannanoa, North Carolina
by Laurin C. Guthrie
Southern Voices
Listen, Consider, Evolve
Allan Jones in conversation with
Elijah Heyward III
Preserving Black Crafts and Legacies
by Simiyha Garrison
Beyond Grits and Gravy
Craft or Curse?
How Barbecue Became Cool
by Adrian Miller
Not Forgotten
Reading Foxfire
by Jessica Wilkerson
Mason-Dixon Lines
Portal
poetry by Nina Oteria
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Email: southerncultures@unc.edu