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Issue 17, Summer 1997

“The best magazine you’ll find on newsstands.” — Washington Post

“All Over But the Shoutin’” by Rick Bragg. Fiction by Nanci Kincaid, Donald Seacrest, and John Holman. Columns by Hal Crowther, Roy Blount, Jr., and introducing Julia Reed.

Other contributors include Wylene Dunbar, Chris Offutt, C.F. Payne. and more.

FEATURE

ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN'
The author’s recollections of a violent, drunken father and a mother who struggled to keep her family going.
by Rick Bragg

SHORT STORIES

TOTAL RECOIL
Some people will always be off-limits, but there’s no harm in just thinking about them, is there?
by Nanci Kincaid

THE SINS OF SUMMER
Beautiful, young Camellia has committed a sin that she regrets, for the most part. Her biggest concern now is what form her punishment is going to take.
by Donald Secreast

POWER BURGERS
Grim Power used to dress up as a cowboy and ride a horse in parades. Rob, his younger cousin, thinks he has gotten over being ashamed of Grim. After all, that cowboy stuff was years ago.
by John Holman

SKETCHBOOK

MEMPHIS TO GATLINBURG
In 1989 the acclaimed Northern artist Alan Cober and his wife came down to Tennessee for a little rest and relaxation. These are some memories from that trip.
by Alan E. Cober