Oxford American # 121, Summer 2023

A Body of Possibilities, by Allie Mariano


POINTS SOUTH

Crab Anatomy, by Baylea Jones

My Body Is My Higher Power, by Gabrielle Lawrence

Where It Starts, a poem by Emily Jalloul

Lady Vols Country, by Jessica Wilkerson

Leavin’ a Trace, by Jaydra Johnson

Meet Thomas Jefferson, by C. J. Bartunek


FEATURES

GHOSTS
a story by Giovannai Rosa

THE ONGOING DREAM
The Florida State Capitol protestors ten years later
by Benjamin Hedin

MEMOIR OF A HOUSE
a graphic essay by Martha Kelly

THREE POEMS
by Nomi Stone

THE SENSE OF TOUCH
a story by Monic Ductan


OMNIVORE

BEFORE THE HOWDY
Finding Minnie Pearl
by Rachel Louise Martin

THE ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT
A champion of Southern rock, Jimmy Carter earned the title long ago
by Melissa Ruggieri

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN OF MEMPHIS
From The Web
by Zandria F. Robinson

ROLL ME UP AND SMOKE ME WHEN I DIE
From The Web
by David Kirby



ART BY: Jody Fausett, Freya Douglas-Morris, Portia Zvavahera, Rohina Hoffman, Justin Kimball, Alexis Doshas, Delita Martin, Birthe Piontek, Charlie Roberts, Brittany Miller, Carlos Ampudia, Shawn Huckins, Anastasia Samoylova, Albarran Cabrera, Nate Lewis

COVER: Wet Driveway (detail), 2015, a photo by Jody Fausett © The artist. Courtesy Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta