Arts & Entertainment

White House insider. Socialite. Best-selling author. Pioneering broadcaster. A torrid romance with Willie Morris. Barbara Howar of North Carolina did it all, living a life most of us can only imagine before eventually giving the finger to the spotlight. We tracked down one of the great—and largely overlooked—Southern heroines

The longtime CNN news anchor and Atlanta native bids goodbye to her news job and hello to her new book, Huddle

In an essay for Garden & Gun’s Southern Women book, the longtime CNN anchor and author shares her memories

This spring in the Lowcountry, it’s all about Alice

On trying to understand
Winnie, the wonder-why-she-looks-like-that dog

The This Is Us star finds her voice

How a Mexican party favor made its way to Texas

A farm in Virginia just might have the best cure for whatever ails you: getting your goat

Unpacking the new titles from Adrian Miller and Rodney Scott

A no-blarney look at the history behind the region’s most Irish city

As the emblem undergoes a fraught redesign, a look back at how the now iconic palmetto-and-crescent banner came to be

A new book examines the legacy of Alice Walker’s influential novel

How one writer shaped her new novel with access to Georgia’s ships, silver, and journals

Laurin McCracken’s vividly rendered work makes up for lost time

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an outdoor adventure

Beyond The Yearling, a new biography unearths the real Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Timeless options for showcasing the mementos of your life

In a new book, William Abranowicz shares powerful images of Southern places

Turn over a new leaf with these three sources for beautiful paintings and pressings

Recollections from spring on the diamond