Oxford American # 94, Fall 2016

POINTS SOUTH

Born Again, by Lyndsie Bourgon

Poke Salad, a story by Stephanie Soileau

A Good Day, by J. Drew Lanham

Plum Crazy, by Gwendolyn Knapp

The Frog of War, by Jake J. Smith

South Towards Israel, by Andrew Paul

The Safest Place in Kentucky, a graphic essay by Kristen Radtke

¡Viva la Huelga!, by Daniel Blue Tyx

The Gardens of Refugees, by André Gallant

Local Fare: The Harris Hegemony, by John T. Edge

POETRY

Swallow, by Mira Rosenthal

Dollar General, by Erika Meitner

1973, by David Kirby

The Pastor, by Michael Shewmaker

FEATURES

Monkeywrench
Travels in Radical Florida
by Rachel Monroe

The Road to Tama-Re
A Disappearance, a Con Man, and the Lingering Ruins of His Improvised Religion
by Asher Elbein

Columbus Day
A story by George Singleton

The Book of the Dead
In Fayette County, West Virginia, Expanding the Document of Disaster
by Catherine Venable Moore

My Dear Master Liszt
A story by Ben Stroud

OMNIVORE

Stay and Resist
Learning from Lillian Smith
by Diane Roberts

Cooking with Chris:
Moon Balls
by Chris Offutt



Art by: Ben Davis, Amy Sherald, Andi Schreiber, Ashleigh Coleman, Karine Laval, Eliot Dudik, Polixeni Papapetrou, Deborah Luster, Heidi L. Kirkpatrick, Bill Aron, Kristen Radtke, Annie Donovan, Tammy Mercure, Aaron Canipe, Julie Branaman, Michelle A. M. Miller, Maury Gortemiller, Anderson Scott, Tom Martin, Lisa Elmaleh, Letitia Huckaby, Carrie Mae Weems, John Baldessari

Cover: “Fay & Persimmon” by Ben Davis, from the series After Jordan