tidbits, fragments, and ephemera is a sometimes substantial but not making any promises glimpse at some information and news related to Generation X in the Deep South.

“Herschel Walker Receives College Football’s Heisman Trophy,” December 4, 1982

Long before he became a late night punchline, this celebrated athlete was winning college football’s greatest honor . . .

Herschel Walker’s first college touchdown (as a freshman), 1980

Herschel Walker runs over an MFer in the 1981 Sugar Bowl

from “Hey, Big Wheels, Let’s Make a Deal!” in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 13, 1988

(*Disclaimer: Walker may have been a great running back, but please don’t mistake his athletic feats for any capacity to serve in the US Senate.)

level:deepsouth was an online anthology about growing up Generation X in the Deep South during the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. Between 2020 and 2023, the project published  creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, and reviews) and images (photos and flyers), as well as the lists.