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Vol. 10, No. 2: Summer 2004

Front Porch: Summer 2004

by Harry L. Watson

“Some southern traditions don’t pretend to be liberating.”

Readers sometimes ask how we at Southern Cultures find essays whose themes fit neatly together. I’d like to say that we have a stable of faithful geniuses who turn out matched sets of literary gems on regular orders, but my nose would grow. In truth, we’re mostly dependent on the kindness of friends and strangers alike, and most of our pieces come in by surprise.

This article appears as an abstract above, the complete article can be accessed in Project Muse
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