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Amanda Heckert

Amanda Heckert is the executive editor of Garden & Gun and the editor of the magazine’s book Southern Women. A native of Inman, South Carolina, she previously served as the editor in chief of Indianapolis Monthly and as a senior editor at Atlanta magazine. She lives in North Charleston with her husband, Justin, and their dogs, Felix and Oscar.

Everything you need to know to master the Run for the Roses

Food & Drink

New Orleans insiders reveal what’s really on their tables—and bars—during Carnival

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Arts & Culture

Austin, Texas, photographer and entrepreneur Jay B. Sauceda shares glimpses of his home state

Drinks

A Bloody Bull is an even richer spin on a Bloody Mary. Make it batch-style, like one G&G writer’s family, and prepare to bowl over your party guests

Arts & Culture

The chef, author, and television star reveals her favorite episodes—and previews her new show to come

Southern Women

How the Greenville, South Carolina artist found her purpose in a paintbrush

Arts & Culture

Notables such as Emmylou Harris and Ethan Hawke hop in the back of Elvis Presley’s Rolls-Royce to muse on the rocker and America in a new documentary

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Sporting

Adorable alert: These new Thoroughbred foals at a Lexington horse farm might be tomorrow’s Run for the Roses racers

Arts & Culture

A fox with a memorable mug finds love in a Florida home

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Arts & Culture

A new exhibit highlights the photographer’s relationship with the South

Arts & Culture

The Georgia native may not be up for an Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards, but few do the South better

Arts & Culture

Five things you might not know about the quick-fire painter and PBS star

Arts & Culture

The Southern roots of the beloved 1970s television show

Arts & Culture

Fifty years ago, the Senate confirmed Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice, to the bench

Music

The Nashville venue that launched songwriters such as Garth Brooks and Pam Tillis turns thirty-five

Arts & Culture

Meet Brian Reed, the radio reporter behind the Alabama-set podcast everyone’s talking about

Arts & Culture

Why you should be watching this Southern-shot TV drama about the Underground Railroad

Arts & Culture

A new television series captures the magic and drama of the iconic music studio

Arts & Culture

A young Southern forager prepares for a different kind of hunting season

Arts & Culture

Southern flapper and writer Zelda Fitzgerald feels the love from Hollywood