You are invited to gather with staff and faculty from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South for a spirited discussion about the region’s rich traditions and compelling stories. Your ticket ($25/person, $40/couple) includes hot snacks, cold … Read more

Ever wonder what to do with all those plastic bags lying around your house? Did you know that they can’t be combined with your regular recycling? This spring, to raise awareness about the serious environmental challenges that plastic bags present, … Read more

Jon Parrish Peede is Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. His previous positions include publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR) at the University of Virginia, literature grants director at the National Endowment for the Arts, counselor to NEA Chairman Dana … Read more

Remarks delivered at the Hutchins Forum on the occasion of Marguerite Pegram Hutchins’s 95th Birthday On August 29, family and friends of Marguerite Hutchins and the Center gathered at the Love House and Hutchins Forum to celebrate her 95th birthday. We are … Read more

Loose Leaf takes Southern Cultures from print to multimedia, and from quarterly to monthly. Stay tuned for regular digital features that expand conversations started in our pages. Our January installment features founding editor emeritus John Shelton Reed. The co-author of Holy … Read more