Issues

Southern Lit Presents: Susan Archer Talley Weiss

by Emery Duffey | Nov 28, 2018 | Nonfiction, 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...

Opacity: Part One

by Aubrey Link | Nov 28, 2018 | Stories, Vol. 2, Issue 2

T.W. Emotional and sexual abuse   When it happened for the first time, they had been seeing each other for three months. It was so faint at the beginning that she hardly noticed. It was just a fuzziness—distinctly not a glow. More like smog touching the edges of her...

KKK USA

by John Collins | Nov 28, 2018 | Visual Art, Vol. 2, Issue 2

KKK USA “KKK USA” was a direct response to the Trump Presidency.  I had a hard time imagining the majority of the country would actually vote for a man associated with hate groups, so my feeling was that this country is still sadly very sympathetic and...

Tell A Million Tales of Y’all Means All

by Steve McCondichie | Nov 14, 2018 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 1

Media with a Mission Karma is a confusing word to Westerners, and it’s really baffling to Southerners. If they’re willing to make the cosmic leap that it is exists as a foundational truth of the world, then they have a tough time articulating what it is or how it...

‘All the Way Over Here’ & ‘Such Curious Fish’

by Chloe N. Clark | Nov 14, 2018 | Poems, Vol. 2, Issue 1

All the Way Over Here Yesterday you told me about planes that don’t need engines to fly— gliders, you said, bringing up a picture on your phone—you said imagine how far you could go and I thought imagine how far you might not Sometimes we put our faith in things so...

State of Mind

by Allison Meriwether | Nov 14, 2018 | Visual Art, Vol. 2, Issue 1

State of Mind Oil on canvas. 24” x 30” Allison is most intrigued to explore the vast area of strange in our identity. She has long been fascinated with the concept of identity and how we are an accumulation of our experiences and surroundings. Her work seeks to deepen...