“All I ask is that you behave,” Roman says as he gets ready to step out.
“Please.”
He is a new lecturer with a one-year contract in the Slavic Studies Department at Alabama University, which has tasked him with coordinating …
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You know, I think these days we would call it a mild stroke . . . yes, I think your dad had a mild stroke.
Could that happen from drinking?
Well, I don’t know, but he was very drunk. …
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Every morning of my childhood, my mother emerged from the bathroom after a shower perfumed by a heady mix of talcum powder and baby oil. Dressed in a blouse and petticoat, the softness of her belly just spilled over …
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What does it mean to be southern? What does it mean to feel and think deeply through multiple geographies of the South? What is invoked by the “southern” of “Southern Post-Colonial,” and what new spatial and political possibilities are rendered …
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WINNER OF 2021 SOPOCO EMERGING WRITER FELLOWSHIP
You wanna know why I’m all fucked up? Starts with my moms, right? Our moms was forever scamming, yo. Would take a loan from the Pope and flee the Vatican next day …
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WINNER OF 2021 SOPOCO EMERGING WRITER FELLOWSHIP
Baptism
for my father’s church my mother dresses my sister
and me in orange burned
one hundred times over prays
in Arabic rhythmic applies a steroid cream
to my
WINNER OF 2021 SOPOCO EMERGING WRITER FELLOWSHIP
Grandmother’s eyes were glued to the screen as men in helmets and army fatigues clutched machine guns to their chests. Standing in the doorway of our three-bedroom apartment, I watched as she …
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In a small strip center lined with restaurants just off Georgia’s Buford Highway, one stands out. The fragrant scents of turmeric, ginger, galangal, and chilies entrance the hungry. Once inside, golden chairs and red tablecloths, along with Javanese artwork and …
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Foodways, Dissent, and the Politics of Place: From Latino Orlando to International Memphis
For over a decade I’ve been documenting the cultural, political, and economic transformations to Southern communities that undergo demographic changes due to an influx of Latino migrants. I’m particularly interested in the changes to the landscape and soundscape. In places …
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