Latria Graham

Latria Graham is a Garden & Gun contributing editor from Spartanburg, South Carolina, and writes the magazine’s This Land column, which documents aspects of the natural world in the South. An assistant professor of creative writing at Augusta University and an instructor for the University of Georgia’s Narrative Nonfiction MFA program, Graham shares her adventures on Instagram (@mslatriagraham) and her work at LatriaGraham.com.

This Land

Descendants of indigenous tribes connect at a historic site

This Land

The battle over South River Forest has implications for the entire region

This Land

Declawing a fear of the crustaceans leads to a lesson in sustainable seafood

This Land

When folks trade peaches and bacon, they come away with more than just food

Sporting

Rodney Stotts’s journey with falconry means knowing when to let go

This Land

The lasting gifts of Christmas spirit along a South Carolina mail route

This Land

Black cowboys—some of the original wranglers—get their due at a stereotype-busting South Carolina festival

This Land

A quest for solace on the trail of a mythic and unflappable mail carrier

This Land

Rebirth and reunions in the River of Grass

This Land

Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave echoes with a history that won’t be silenced

This Land

Latria Graham listens to ancient cypresses and old-growth forests

This Land

Two women cast for trout, and other things that lie beneath the surface

This Land

A childhood serenity under the stars
reawakens in a North Carolina observatory

In the Garden

An 1860s demonstration garden in Atlanta nourishes the community

Arts & Culture

In his debut book, the newscaster and South Carolina native writes about what it means to become a father, and how he learned to understand his own distant dad

Food & Drink

His new rice-focused cookbook dives deep into the grain’s history

Arts & Culture

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

Music

“I wanted to remind everybody that yeah, we are stardust”

Travel

An Appalachian outdoorswoman lets her feet, mind, and taste buds wander Bermuda, where art and nature promise a sort of redemption

Arts & Culture

Two cultures merge to create ethereal African-influenced furniture