As a Road Scholar with the N.C. Humanities Council, I offer a talk entitled, “What Makes a Southern Story Southern?” It’s based on reading I did for my MFA degree a few years ago. The Southern question sprung out of research on an unrelated topic. As I read story after story, I noticed patterns among Southern stories. And I took …
Faith in Southern stories
Southern stories became near and dear to my heart soon after coming to North Carolina. We transplants should ask questions to set down roots, and over the years I’ve asked plenty of them. Why is it done this way? Why do you prefer that? Why is this so important? Before long, patterns emerge and much of what we hear as …