by Steve McCondichie | Sep 14, 2017 | Southern History
Inheriting Civil War Stuff In Joel Chandler Harris’s “The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story,” the turpentine and tar stick figure stays still and silent throughout the two-page short story. Yet, it’s the Tar-Baby’s refrain from polite speech that draws the ire of Brer Rabbit...
by cory | May 12, 2017 | Southern Literature
Contemporary Southern Authors Honoring a Literary Legacy The Fugitive Poets consisted of a select group of poets and scholars whose progressive ideals challenged the social norms of racism during the rule of the infamous Jim Crowe laws. Southern culture has a knack...
by cory | Apr 26, 2017 | Southern Literature
Southern literature has always demonstrated a close relationship between the writer and their surroundings. Whether such surroundings include the physical layout of the land or descriptive tidbits of culture, Southern literature remained consistent in its decadence...
