Oxford American

The Oxford American is a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Billed as "The Southern Magazine of Good Writing," it has won two National Magazine Awards and other high honors since it began publication in 1992.

CONTRIBUTORS

OXFORD AMERICAN

THE SOUTH JUST HAS A THANG

ON THE EDGE OF DIMINISHED LIGHT

R.E.M. FOR THE PEOPLE

NINA IS EVERY WHERE I GO • Finding the artist by facing the damage that made me

SOUL SENSATION

DA ART OF STORYTELLIN’ (A PREQUEL)

IS THIS HOME?

WHOSE SKIP JAMES IS THIS?

THE GOSPEL OF JODECI • Sex, money, God, and slow jams

IF GOD HAD A NAME

EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THE GODMOTHER OF SOUL

ANOTHER SELENA POEM

ELLIS AT THE CROSSROADS

LONG-HAIRED COUNTRY BOY

LISTENING TO THE (DIXIE) CHICKS AFTER AMERICA INVADES IRAQ, THE YEAR I CAME OUT

THE MISSING BLACK NOTES • On Florence Price’s Mississippi River Suite

QUARE

I KNOW A PLACE • Growing up Muscle Shoals

LINGERING COULD BE YOUR DOOM • The Gospel According to Brother Claude Ely

THE WAY THEY STRUT

JESSYE NORMAN CISTERN TIME TO DRESS FOR FALL

TALIBAH SAFIYA: ORACLE OF CASTALIA

A RELENTLESS KIND OF LISTENING • A Tour of the Southern Music Issue

PLAYLISTS • Enjoy playlists curated by your favorite musicians and writers on the Spotify app with the codes pictured throughout the magazine—scroll down to find instructions for scanning the codes. Visit oxfordamerican.org/playlists for bonus playlists and extended intros!