+ + + GONE (R.I.P.): REMEMBERING WILLIAM GAY, HARRY CREWS, DORIS BETTS, & LEWIS NORDAN + + +

THE SOUTHERN MAGAZINE OF GOOD WRITING » PROUDLY PUBLISHED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS

OXFORD*** AMERICAN ***

BEST

OF THE SOUTH

2012

SOUTHERN FICTION BY WENDELL

BERRY, TYRONE JAEGER, & ADDIE CITCHENS

NEW OA COLUMNIST JESMYN WARD DEBUTS WITH

“NATIVE DAUGHTER”

OUR ANNUAL EXTRAVAGANZA OF THE PERSONS,

PLACES, AND THINGS THAT MAKE THE

SOUTH SO

DAMN LOVABLE

WRITERS ON DATING TOUGH LOVE BY DALE RAY

PHILLIPS

FOOD PRAISE THE LARD BY SARAH COURTEAU

RELIGION HOW I FOUND AND LOST IT

BY DAVID LUMPKIN