Oxford American # 35, September/October 2000

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

Dealer's Choice
by Hal Crowther

Gone off up North
by Roy Blount Jr.



Meditations for Bad Girls
by Vicki Covington

Local Fare:
Meet the Man Being the Mix
Before he became the king of cakes, Duncan Hines revolutionized dining on the road.
by John T. Edge

Politics:
The Tribe of the Yellow Dog
The transformation of the Southern Democrats.
by Diane Roberts

Sojourns:
Out of This World
UFO abductees in the Ozarks
by Matthew Teague

Southern Gallery:
Q & A with John Logue & Cary McCalla
How the former editors of Southern Living turned a failing magazine into a cultural juggernaut

Wildlife:
Lone Wolves
A North Carolina program is trying to save the endangered red wolves
by Jan DeBlieu

History:
Do not Go Gently
The last stand of Robert Charles: mayhem in New Orleans, 1900
By Annie Wedekind

Southern Music:
Local Hero
The guitarist Harold Cavallero recalls the little-known country music scene in Louisiana
by Tom Piazza

Book Views
The One and Only
The letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray
by Anthony Walton

SERIAL

A Painted House
Trouble on the Chandler farm leads to murder, theft, and more secrets for Luke to keep. Part Five.
by John Grisham

FEATURE

Queen of the Haunted Dell
There’s something spooky in a cave in Tennessee. Has the legendary Bell Witch returned?
by William Gay & Sarah Beasley

SHORT STORY

Calendar Girl
A sailor leaves his beautiful wife at home with only his best friend to keep her company.
by James Carlos Blake

POETRY

At the All-Star Break
by Lynn Bishop

Jogging at Sixty-Five
by Walt McDonald



Cover: photo by Karekin Goekjian