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Interview

Nick Saban Discusses His Next Act

Nick Saban on staying busy in retirement, the childhood lesson that shaped him, and the future of college football

Arts & Culture

Inside the Colorful Creations of Textile Artist Lisha Bai

Bai’s Alabama and Korean roots shine bright through her sewn window-like tapestries
Arts & Culture

Author Virginia Evans on Patience and Handwritten Letters

The author of “The Correspondent” chats about Southern stereotypes and her long-time-coming writing success

What We're Reading

A woman sprinkles sprinkles onto ice cream

Food & Drink

Talking Scoops with Nashville’s Ice Cream Queen

Lokelani Alabanza channels childhood nostalgia and her forebears in her new cookbook

Arts & Culture

Bayou Culture Bewitches in Stephanie Soileau’s Debut Novel

The author’s debut novel delivers the full gamut of Cajun life, past and present

An archival image of Mary Kay Ash at her Dallas home.

Arts & Culture

For the First Time, a Full Picture of Mary Kay

Despite being one of the country’s most influential salespeople, the Texas mother and makeup entrepreneur never really received her due. A new biography aims to change that.

Conservation

This Book Will Change How You See Flowers

Beauty, science, evolution, drama, and spirituality mingle in David George Haskell’s stunning new book on how flowers came to be—and shaped everything that came after them

Arts & Culture

Cue the Crusaders: Inside the Mission to Save America’s Birds

As avian species hang in the balance, what’s past is prologue

Arts & Culture

Kathryn Stockett Returns to Mississippi for Her Sophomore Novel

The Help’s author finds a new voice with her upcoming book, The Calamity Club

The sun sets over cliffs along the Gila River in southern New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness.

Our Kind of Place

A Journey Into New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness

Ancient whispers echo off the mountains and spark the soul of novelist Taylor Brown

Food & Drink

Why You Should Be Having More Fun with Butter

In a playful new cookbook, Anna Stockwell reveals why a workhorse kitchen ingredient is a secret source of culinary delight

Arts & Culture

The Quiet Heroine Behind One of the South’s Literary Landmarks

Katharine Boyd helped build Weymouth and my storybook North Carolina hometown, but she erased herself from the story

G&G Weddings

Five Landmark Music Venues Where You Can Say “I Do”

Get hitched in storied settings from Fredericksburg, Texas, to Athens, Georgia

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This Land

Marking Life's Milestones, One Adventure at a Time

Satisfying ways to measure the years, side quests included

Arts & Culture

The Best of Fieldshop: Staff Picks for Labor Day Weekend

All the essentials for summer’s last hurrah

Arts & Culture

A Hopelessly Incomplete List of Dolly Parton’s Most Enduring Legacies

The eighty-year-old spent her life refusing to be pigeonholed, constantly redefining success and reshaping the world around her to be brighter and more welcoming. Today, we look back at ten ways the icon left her mark.

Arts & Culture

This Might Be the Perfect Oxford Shirt for Southern Summers

Charleston shirtmaker E.M. Reitz brings a butter-soft fabric and subtle modern touch to the preppy classic

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