Allison Glock
Allison Glock has been a magazine journalist and author for twenty-plus years. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, Marie Claire, GQ, the New Yorker, and many other publications. Her poetry has appeared in the New Yorker and the Portland Review. She is currently a senior staff writer for ESPN the Magazine and ESPNW. She has written seven books, including the acclaimed Young Adult novel series Changers, and received the Whiting Award for her book Beauty Before Comfort, a memoir of her grandmother’s life in West Virginia and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
The G&G Interview
Catching Up With Bill Withers
Thirty years after walking away from music, Bill Withers joins the ranks of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame royalty
Artists
Amy Ray Goes Country
Best known as one-half of the folk duo Indigo Girls, the Georgia native is reaching back to her Southern roots
The G&G Interview
G&G Interview: Alfre Woodard
The Hollywood veteran lights up screens big and small
Food & Drink
Southern Sides: Head of the Table
The enduring appeal of Southern sides
Food & Drink
Behind the Greens: Inspirational Ingredients
Six pioneering, plant-obsessed chefs on the ingredients that inspire them
The G&G Interview
Armie Hammer
The new Lone Ranger talks about family recipes, good manners, and his own home on the range
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Connie Britton: Gone Country
Finding her voice in Nashville
Food & Drink
The Big Heart of Ashley Christensen
Though the toast of Raleigh is one of the hottest—and busiest—chefs in the South, it’s her work outside the kitchen that continues to define her
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G&G Interview: Natasha Trethewey
The country’s newest poet laureate reflects on history, memory, and why Hollywood rarely gets the South right
City Portrait
Knoxville’s Sweet Tune
Musically rich and blissfully glam-free, Knoxpatch hits all the right notes
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Sissy Spacek Opens Up
The first-time author finds inspiration on her Virginia farm
Sporting
A Turkey Hunter’s First Shot
A newbie goes into the spring woods after a turkey and finds out what it means to take a bird
Travel
Southern Bar: The Clermont Lounge
Nobody hates the Clermont Lounge
Arts & Culture
I Dream of Dolly
The sweet music and pure inspiration of Dolly Parton
Artists
Steve Martin: The Unlikely Ambassador of Bluegrass
Thanks to celebrity banjo picker Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, old-time bluegrass is the hot new thing
Drinks
Sweet Tea: A Love Story
Why we’re all addicted to the sweet stuff