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Alabamiana: Thomas Reed vs. the Confederate Flag, 1988

May 22, 2018

In February 1988, when a black Alabama state representative named Thomas Reed was arrested for trying to climb a fence around the state capitol and…
Revelations from Reading through the Code of Alabama, 1975, Partially out of Boredom

May 21, 2018

Welcome to Eclectic offers long-form ruminations on the modern diverse South, education, sustainability, and social justice. I have this know-it-all tendency that causes me, usually…
Reading: “Apocalypse South” by Anthony Dyer Hoefer

May 19, 2018

From time to time, I browse Callaloo‘s list of books that need to be reviewed to see if any look interesting, and last fall, I…
#throwbackthursday: A Poets’ Lunch, April 2003

May 17, 2018

A little over fifteen years ago, I was working at NewSouth Books and had pushed for the company to do a full-length collection of poems…