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Lightning Struck — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERWhen fans descend on Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 3 for football’s biggest game, few of them will know how much of Atlanta’s history was sacrificed in the name of the city’s Super Bowl dreams.
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The Sum of Life: Zora Neale Hurston — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERMichael Adno retraces the footsteps of Zora Neale Hurston — and interviews those, like Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd, who followed her steps — and then reminded all of us that Hurston was maybe the most important American writer to have ever lived.
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Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERMichael Twitty, the Southern author and historical interpreter, weighs in on the controversies that erupted after a few plantation museums in the South began to teach visitors the truth about slavery.
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Hillbillies Need No Elegy — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERIn the new book “Appalachian Reckoning,” dozens of mountain voices combine to talk back to J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” arguments. Today, an exclusive story from its co-editor and a powerful essay excerpted from the book.
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Waffle House Vistas — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERWaffle House does not care how much you are worth, what you look like, where you are from, what your political beliefs are, or where you’ve been so long as you respect the unwritten rules of Waffle House: Be kind, be respectful, and don't overstay when others are waiting for a table.
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One Incredible Year: The Bitter Southerner’s Best Stories of 2019 — THE BITTER SOUTHERNEROur contributors of journalism, essays, photos, and illustrations have taught us amazing lessons about the South.
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Home for Christmas with Dolly, a new Baby and an old VHS tape — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERA new mother keeps up the annual tradition of watching Dolly Parton’s Christmas as a way to remember her mountain roots.
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The Dark End of the South — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERAt Deerlick Astronomy Village, residents share one concern above all: seeing the stars in their fullest glory.
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The Rise of Rural Noir: Southern Crime Fiction — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERIn the 21st century, a new genre of crime fiction has risen from the swamps, mountains, and suburbs of the South.
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Best Southern Albums of 2019: The Year of Us All — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERThe Bitter Southerner’s seventh annual list of the best albums of the year.
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Jitterbugging With Jim Crow — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERIn the South of 90 years ago, young African Americans started dancing the Lindy Hop. It was an act of resistance, an assertion of freedom.
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Ten Train Songs That Tell the Story of the South — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERCould you tell the story of the South in 10 songs about trains? We asked a fellow who studies Southern railroads for a living.
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Greetings From the Land of Blue Suede Shoes — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERCarl Perkins played rock-and-roll when Elvis was still a high-school punk. Our writer is the man who proved it.
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Ballad of the Leaning Man: Funky Donnie Fritts, 1942-2019 — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERPatterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers spent a lifetime learning from the late Donnie Fritts. These are his memories.
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Jitterbugging With Jim Crow — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERIn the South of 90 years ago, young African Americans started dancing the Lindy Hop. It was an act of resistance, an assertion of freedom.
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The First Floridians — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERIn St. Augustine lie the ruins of Fort Mose, built in 1738 as the first free black settlement in what would become the United States. Might America have different racial attitudes today if the Spanish had conquered the British 250 years ago?
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The Sum of Life: Zora Neale Hurston — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERMichael Adno retraces the footsteps of Zora Neale Hurston — and interviews those, like Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd, who followed her steps — and then reminded all of us that Hurston was maybe the most important American writer to have ever lived.
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Southern Men: Where Y’all At? — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERAs a tide of legislation threatening the rights of women breaks across the South, Gray Chapman challenges Southern men to get off their behinds.
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All in the Same Boat: Aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERCan a party cruise be the Great Equalizer? We sail the Outlaw Country boat to find out.
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The Southern Monkee — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERGabe Bullard gets cosmic with Michael Nesmith about the invention of country rock.