Stories to make your heart race

Photo by Brian Davis via The Bitter Southerner

Who doesn’t love a good story?

The world around us is fascinating. It’s been an honor to help share some incredible stories of the communities, organizations, and individuals I’ve come across. Here are some highlights.

The Shape She Takes: The musical realm of Indigo de Souza

Way Out People Way Out There.

Following the footsteps of a Southern folk art odyssey for The Bitter Southerner. Images by Guy Mendes and Roger Manley

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A World of Pure Imagination


The Bitter Southerner, images by Growl Bros.

An adventure through one of Atlanta’s most unique and incredible arts institutions: The Center for Puppetry Arts.

“This is not only the story of Romare Bearden. It’s a story of visual culture in this country.”
Mary Schmidt Campbell

President of Spelman College and Author of An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden

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With Drawl

The Bitter Southerner. Images by Dustin Chambers.

A personal story exploring the importance of the Southern accent, its history and its future.

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Writing and researching this clarified and illuminated something really important to my personal feminism. 

Caroline Ervin, co-host and co-author of Unladylike

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The individual contents of THE ARCHIVE are easier to describe than the project itself, which Bickett says includes his office and, one day, himself. “[THE ARCHIVE] is just saying, like at Thermopylae, ‘I am here,’” he told me. “You know? I was here. I was a witness.”

I Was A Witness
Oxford American Online
(Photo by Guy Mendes)