Issue 5, February 1995

“At any rate, I’m now the publisher. Though I'm still not sure what this means exactly, I do know these things: 1. The Oxford American is not going away; 2. We are even more determined to become the South's first major general interest magazine.” — John Grisham, “Publisher's Note”

Features by Carry Holladay, James Tighe, and Barry Hannah. Photographs by William Eggleston. Introducing special departments including Humor, Southern Music, Southern Books, Southern Bestsellers, Southern Travel, Southern Video, Southern Art, Southern Scenes, Funnies, and Verse.