Nonfiction

Working Class Cows | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Mar 27, 2019 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 10

Image: Jonny de Jong, 30, owns the milk processing plant at his parents’ organic dairy farm, Working Cows Dairy. His mother, Rinske, 57, also produces Gouda cheese under the label Rinske’s Cheeses. Photo credit: Allison Salerno Alabama’s First and Only Organic Dairy...

Proof of Deliverance | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Mar 13, 2019 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 9

I was eighteen years old, sitting at my desk at my first receptionist job as the mailman approached, sorting through the mail, and said, “Oh, I’ve got a certified letter you need to sign for.” I froze, my heart beating so loud that it was pounding in my ears. My...

Bonded by a Flag | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Feb 13, 2019 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 7

Without awareness, I exiled myself. Committed to being a foreigner, existing in near-constant visceral pain of missing Virginia’s Southside, until I can put my finger exactly on what I love and why and how. Until I can make sense of where I begin and my love for a...

Of Art, Maus, and Men | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Jan 30, 2019 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 6

When I was nine, I took religious confirmation classes in the same Methodist church my mother’s family had belonged to for decades. Every Wednesday afternoon Dr. Winefortner, our minister, prodded my ten classmates and me about matters essential to our souls and moral...

Southern Lit Presents: Naomi Shihab Nye

by TNSF | Jan 16, 2019 | Nonfiction, Southern Lit Presents, Vol. 2, Issue 5

Finding a Home in Language Naomi Shihab Nye is no stranger to the dichotomy of oscillating from one place to another while still creating a space for herself wherever she lands. Born to a Palestinian refugee father and American mother, she spent much of her life in...

Southern Lit Presents: Susan Archer Talley Weiss

by TNSF | Nov 28, 2018 | Nonfiction, Southern Lit Presents, Vol. 2, Issue 2

Single Mother, Spy, and Seductress Women of the 19th century were often elusive, enigmatic figures, as their roles stayed confined to the walls of of the home. In the 19th century, men typically dominated the public sphere while their female counterparts remained...