Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
In a Southern Cultures essay published in 2000, Jerry Leath Mills came up with a “single, simple, litmus-like test the quality of southerness in literature . . . Is there a dead mule in it?” We were curious if Mills’s … Read more
In his 1935 novel Of Time and the River, Thomas Wolfe wrote, “October had come again, and he would lie there in his mother’s house at night, and feel the darkness moving softly all about him, and hear the dry … Read more
Join us in celebrating the Winter Issue of Southern Cultures at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Curator Trevor Schoonmaker will discuss the current exhibit, Southern Accent, with artists Jeff Whetstone and Stacy Lynn Waddell. Selections from Southern … Read more
Join us at the Center for an inspirational evening of poetry and jazz! The University of Mount Olive Jazz Band, directed by Dr. William Ford, will perform classic jazz standards. Discover the essentials of jazz music improvisation and techniques combined … Read more
Join us at the Center to celebrate a very special issue of Southern Cultures. We'll enjoy music by Sam Gleaves, readings by Silas House, and a mountain menu by Sherri Castle. Attendance is free and open to the public, but … Read more