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Articles, essays, and opinions from & about the New South.
Making Amends to 2020 | Nonfiction
“No one knows what karma awaits us, But what we sow now will be reaped in lives to come; that is certain. So be kind to one and all And don’t be biased, Based upon illusions regarding gain and loss.” “The Mani Man” from The Snow...
Best of the Net 2020 Nominees | News
The New Southern Fugitives is proud to announce our Best of the Net nominations for 2020! We nominated these pieces for Best of the Net back in October, but we wanted to wait until our “Best Of” issue to announce them alongside our Pushcart Prize nominees....
Pushcart Prize 2021 Nominees | News
The New Southern Fugitives is excited to announce our Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2021!. About the Pushcart Prize: The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America. Since 1976,...
True in the Way it Needs to Be | Nonfiction
I cast my first and only spell inside Sarah’s garage one night just as summer was cresting into fall. Actually, it was her parent’s garage and we both were only in Grand Rapids, our hometown, for the weekend. I hadn’t seen her in years, we were close in high school,...
Phantom Bite | Nonfiction
I can’t tell you for sure if the bat bit me; it seems important to establish that up front. What I can tell you is that when I woke it was circling my head, letting out those high-pitched squeaking sounds reminiscent of a loose wheel on a shopping cart. It was dark,...Follow Us
