Music makes the world go ‘round. Readers of the “Oxford American,” a magazine of all things Southern, have felt for years that they have been the center of that world. It... Read More

Southern Strategies: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal altered the relationship between the federal government and the states, while offering jobs and a degree of security for... Read More

Gary Fincke has published sixteen previous books of poetry and short fiction. His new book of poems, "The Fire Landscape", explores with almost radioactive language the dangers... Read More

The mother is the terrible god of these poems. She is the creator and destroyer, enthralling the speaker even as he knows she is his undoing. The poems are an effort to map a... Read More

For this poet, heaven is gray, industrial, and mechanized, and around every corner of this Burning World, there is some residue of what is left behind—ash, slag, pig iron, and... Read More

For most, sitting down with a cup of coffee and the newspaper is the only way to start the day. But while many have decried the capitalization of coffee, which has changed a... Read More

The author introduces his collection of southern-themed essays by recalling an interview he once conducted with Los Angeles-born actor Nicolas Cage. While that may at first seem... Read More