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Brooke Baldwin’s Big Leap
The longtime CNN news anchor and Atlanta native bids goodbye to her news job and hello to her new book, Huddle

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

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Charleston’s Leading Lady of Art
This spring in the Lowcountry, it’s all about Alice

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Why Is Savannah the St. Patrick’s Day Capital of the South?
A no-blarney look at the history behind the region’s most Irish city

Arts & Culture
A Photographer’s View of the South
In a new book, William Abranowicz shares powerful images of Southern places

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Let Your Walls Bloom with Southern Botanical Art
Turn over a new leaf with these three sources for beautiful paintings and pressings

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Eau de Chapeau
Cap care, wasp upsides, and Mardi Gras at home

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Jared Padalecki Reinvents a Lone Star State Icon
The San Antonio native on kindness, “Texas values,” and what it means to play the titular role in a new Walker, Texas Ranger reboot

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The Ultimate Gift Guide for Kids
Fun presents for the littlest Southerners

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A Truer South on the Small Screen
Now entering its third season, TrueSouth brings a nuanced taste of the region to TV

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The Beauty of a Duck Blind
Nell Campbell offers a glimpse of “quintessential Louisiana.”

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A Powerful Lowcountry Original
Fletcher Williams III draws, paints, and sculpts art from the region’s abundance

Southern Masters
Meet Ron Rash, the Blue-Collar Bard
The poet, short story writer, and novelist reflects his workaday Appalachian roots in his writing, including a new novella that returns to the antihero of his best-selling Serena

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For the Love of Old Stamps
A North Carolina stamp collector makes snail mail beautiful again—and shares why “this is no place for licking”

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Catching Up with Walton Goggins
The Georgia-raised actor on good cocktails, The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Southern right

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Long Live the Drive-In
Novelist and film buff Ace Atkins on why a bit of classic movie-theater magic is just the thing we need this summer

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An Artist Drawn to the Beauty of the Bayou
Swamps, spoonbills, second lines: Annie Moran captures the essence of Louisiana

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Board, Not Bored: Great Games We’re Loving Now
Readers share their favorite ways to take their minds off the news and have a little fun

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Good Times for Art at Gasparilla
How a Tampa arts festival champions young talent

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Funeral Fundamentals, Grapefruit League High Jinx, and More
Open caskets, Mardi Gras music, and old-Florida baseball