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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

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

Forgotten Southern Recipes

Preparing pokeweed properly takes the right technique. Start with a classic recipe that’s steeped in Southern ingenuity

Sporting

What birding means to me, plus a chat with the leaders behind #BlackBirdersWeek

Traditions

After fighting for years to save her piece of the family farm, a writer contemplates what it means to lose your anchor in the world

SOUTHERN HEROES

Three guardians of Gullah Geechee culture work to help their Lowcountry traditions not only survive, but thrive

Interview

With his latest album and cookbook releases, Alexander Smalls celebrates his Southern roots

The G&G Interview

On her Food Network show, the South Carolina native celebrates her Gullah roots

Arts & Culture

A new Kentucky-based program puts the work of the renowned writer at the center of a college curriculum—and it’s tuition free

Arts

A Lowcountry fine-art photographer captures the spirit of creatures great and small

Arts & Culture

An Alabama resident’s lawn-mowing initiative spreads across the world