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Samuel Mockbee's Vision in an Invisible World from THE OXFORD AMERICAN, The Hidden South Issue #41 (fall 2001)

OXFORD AMERICAN film award debuts at the Little Rock Film Festival.

Southern lit, heated up.

For you they've waited.

Getting lost in the trip.

Not afraid to “pull the trigger,” these unlikely crusaders are hell-bent on saving Florida.

Additional images from ORAIEN CATLEDGE: PHOTOGRAPHS, featured in the current issue.

The newly released HARD LUCK BLUES: ROOTS MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION ($34.95; University of Illinois Press) is surprising, nuanced, universal, memorable.

In spite of his late-notice career, Big Star band leader Alex Chilton made a huge impact on American music, and showed that, once again, Southern sounds were a vital part of the equation.

The first time I stood on the Ryman Auditorium's Opry stage, the place was defunct, and I was breaking rules.

Look at all these different colors of the flesh!

John Jeremiah Sullivan on Big Star's "other genius." From the 2003 Music Issue.

The Lassis Inn hunkers alongside the interstate in a small, royal-blue building. It is the architectural equivalent of minding your own business, and it's hard to notice unless you're looking for it.

Some experts claim all Louisianans contributed to the state's food—except the black ones.

"Waltz Across Memphis" by Mark Rozzo. From the 2003 Music Issue.