WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Perhaps the most famous surrealist image is Rene Magritte’s “This Is Not a Pipe.”…

Andalusia Farm

Milledgeville, Georgia

“When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.”

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home

207, East Charlton Street

Savannah, Georgia

Interview with a Spelman Graduate

I walked up to and slightly passed the front gates of Spelman University and snapped several pictures. The premises were very clean, clutter free, and gave the appearance of prestige. As I snapped pictures, the security guard who sits in the booth seen in one of the…

The Sit Ins Up Close

As I was looking into the “sit ins” in Atlanta, GA I came across a wonderful website (crdl.usg.edu) that has multiple video clips that showcases a variety of “sit ins” within Atlanta, GA and the “deep’ South. If we look at certain restaurants the one that mostly comes to my mind is the “sit…

“Driven Back!”: Undead Souths

In which we explore the Georgia State University Southern Labor Archives

Flannery O’Connor’s Collection at Georgia College and State University

“The Fiction Writer and His…

Weird South: Visitation

My most recent field trip was to Lilburn, Georgia’s majestic Hindu Temple…

Katie’s Free Kindergarten

This document poem is from a collection of papers from 1937 detailing Mrs. Kate Baldwin’s efforts to establish a free kndergarten in Savannah, GA, beginning in 1899. Her children compiled these pages as a memorial to their mother after her death in the 1930s. I hope this poem…

Blackout Poetry

WWI letter home to North Carolina from the UNC Digital Archives Collection