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March 15, 2018

Hoss of the Everglades

March 15, 2018/ Jordyn Rozensky
Hoss of the Everglades

Two young Americans, traveling the nation gathering stories, encounter a true creature of Florida.

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March 01, 2018

Wistful for Wakanda

March 01, 2018/ Tim Turner
Wistful for Wakanda

Our managing editor, Tim Turner, saw “Black Panther” twice. It reminded him of his alma mater.

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January 05, 2018

Hatred Along the Hooch

January 05, 2018/ Tim Turner
Hatred Along the Hooch

If want to find the crux of the hatred that will flow across the Georgia-Alabama state line during Monday night’s national championship game, you should visit the “bi-city area," where Phenix City, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia, crowd opposite banks of the Chattahoochee River.

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October 23, 2017

Gainesville Says No to Richard Spencer

October 23, 2017/ Rob Rushin
Gainesville Says No to Richard Spencer

It was a lovely autumn day on the University of Florida campus. Mild temps, gentle breeze. A perfect setting for a few thousand people to gather and express a simple sentiment: Nazi Punks, F**k Off!

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October 09, 2017

Arts Dollars Make Business Sense

October 09, 2017/ Rob Rushin
Arts Dollars Make Business Sense

After writing a feature story for us about how Knoxville’s arts scene drives the city’s economy, Rob Rushin follows up with a look at the numbers — and some recommendations for communities that want to nurture their own arts economies.

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August 31, 2017

Woe is Houston? Aw, Hell, No.

August 31, 2017/ Amy C. Evans
Woe is Houston? Aw, Hell, No.

One of our friends, writer/painter/photographer/historian Amy C. Evans, lives in Houston. She writes today to give us a “tiny taste of how people on the ground are making do.”

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August 07, 2017

Katherine Dieckmann's Strange Southern Weather

August 07, 2017/ Chuck Reece
Katherine Dieckmann's Strange Southern Weather

New York film director Katherine Dieckmann doesn't take kindly to the disparagement of Southerners. Her new film is a gift to Southerners hungry for an honest movie about real folks.

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July 21, 2017

It’s Deeper Than “Florida Man…”

July 21, 2017/ Emma Sarappo
It’s Deeper Than “Florida Man…”

Sarah Gerard spent her childhood in the Tampa Bay area, and her highly acclaimed new book of essays, “Sunshine State,” challenges us to look deeper than the standard “Florida Man” jokes.

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June 02, 2017

S-Town, Alabama

June 02, 2017/ Martha Polk
S-Town, Alabama

By now, it seems like every Southerner we know has listened to “S-Town,” the seven-part podcast series that took the world inside tiny Woodstock, Alabama. Today, Martha Polk interviews “S-Town” creator Brian Reed about what he learned about the South.

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