A Belief in Birds

We wanted to reimagine the canon, revisit classics in new and striking ways, and introduce a new vanguard of literary adventurers, soothsayers, and prophets.

By Danielle A. Jackson

Issue 114, Fall 2021

Blues Poems

I’m tryin to hold on, people, tryin to keep what I got / Yeah, tryin to hold on, tryin hard to keep what I got

By Henry Dumas

Issue 114, Fall 2021

Cutting Across Lines

Today’s students recognize that past injustices seemingly foreign to their own lives connect with present injustices that they are victimized by ...

By Dorian Stuber

Issue 95, Winter 2016

Put on my Clothes and Look Like Somebody Else

John Henry “Guitar Shorty” Fortescue was a powerful and nimble guitarist and singer, a quick-witted improviser with a fluency in many blues ...

By Sarah Bryan

OA’s Fall Reading List

This fall, we asked a few of these contributors to share some of their favorite works by Southern writers. We hope these recommendations see you ...

By Oxford American

Traveling Up South for the Annual Music Issue

This year, we’re thrilled to announce that our annual music issue will focus on the great migration of Southern sound.

“Reckoning comes before reconciliation and often begins at the table.”

—Alice Randall

Eyes on the South

Fossils of the Future

By Kristen Regan

Hunting for the Archetype

By Julie Dermansky

Between the Magical and the Mundane

By Maury Gortemiller

An Historic Transformation

By Blake Burton

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Podcast

Other Arrangements

Emily Gogolak investigates Dilley, Texas, home to the largest immigration detention center in the country.

A Cemetery Angel

AIDS and end-of-life care in Arkansas

Working on a Building

Why is country music so white?

“God bless America and God bless the Oxford American…”

—Dolly Parton

Goods

Southern Lit Bundle

$30.00

Place Issue Cover Art

$15.95-$25