Arts & Entertainment

The country’s newest poet laureate reflects on history, memory, and why Hollywood rarely gets the South right

Finding hope and a new cat while kayaking

A few words of praise for that Southern feel

A look at the work of one of the South's most charming, eccentric, and revered artists

The photography of Jack Leigh

Photographing the former president and first lady

Photographer Shelby Lee Adams illuminates one of the South’s least-traveled corners

One photo that caught our attention

Morgan Freeman has spent a lifetime becoming one of Hollywood’s A-listers, but there’s nowhere he’d rather be than his Mississippi home

The work of sporting artists finds a new home

Defending a house from the encroaching water

The neighborhood bookstore isn’t finished yet

Why a great road trip is often all about the right pit stops

Meet Joe York, the Ken Burns of Southern food

Deep in the heart of the Delta, this Mississippi artist turns out the South’s most famous pottery

The sweet music and pure inspiration of Dolly Parton

Going deep at Weeki Wachee

Meet the 17 young designers, musicians, chefs, artists, and entrepreneurs who are reinventing the notion of the Southern belle

Counting songbirds and talking about the land with the legendary conservationist, farmer, and writer

Director Tate Taylor comes home to Mississippi