Joshua Burford & Maigen Sullivan on the Invisible Histories of the South
Joshua Burford and Maigen Sullivan, co-founders of the Invisible Histories Project, saw a gap in Southern history and the history of queer culture in ...
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What is the South? A place? A people? A lifestyle? Each week, on the Reckon Interview, host John Hammontree explores that question with some of the top minds of the South – authors, entertainers, artists, activists and more – about how this place shaped them and how they’re reshaping the region.
Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller on the stories contained in Appalachian English
Flipping through the pages of the new Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English, you’ll find the stories of thousands of words and phrases unique to ...
Don Heflin on Southerners abroad, careers in foreign service
For three decades, Don Heflin has served his country abroad. Currently, he's the head of consul operations at the U.S. embassy in India. On the Reckon...
Lawrence Wright on 'The Plague Year
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright was in a unique position to chronicle the Covid-19 pandemic. As the coronavirus was beginning to spr...
Dr. Carol Anderson on the hidden history of the Second Amendment
Are Americans having the wrong debate about guns? Professor Carol Anderson's new book "The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America" present...
Kiese Laymon the art and power of revision and remixing
Right now, Kiese Laymon is revising and reclaiming his early work. After buying back the right to "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America" ...
Anjali Enjeti on making space for other Southern voices
Anjali Enjeti is the author of two brilliant new Southern works, "Southbound," a collection of essays about identity, and "The Parted Earth," a novel ...
Sarah Jarosz on the Texas roots of her newest albums
Sarah Jarosz is one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters in American music, first picking up a mandolin at age 9. She joins the Reckon Interview ...
Rodney Scott shares the secrets of whole hog barbecue
Barbecue was born out of the South. But it's hard to fine true masters of whole hog barbecue. Chef Rodney Scott is unmatched. The James Beard award-wi...
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson on truths and lies we tell about Appalachia and the South
Who do our stories about the South serve? Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, co-executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center, blows up m...