Magazine

Issue 7, May / June 1995

Includes a previously unpublished short story by William Faulkner, entitled “Rose of Lebanon,” with an introduction by Donald Kartiganer. Essays by Andrew Huggins, Larry Brown, and Guy Davenport. Reporting by Stacy Mattingly.

Other departments include Southern Humor with John Fergus Ryan, Southern Mayors with Thomas Easterling, and Southern Video with Steve Vineberg.

FEATURES

SHORT STORIES

ROSE OF LEBANON
by William Faulkner
Introduction by Donald Kartiganer

ART GALLERY

Robert Goldstrom

David Ridley

Mike Benny

Kieth Graves

Blair Drawson

ESSAYS

DAISY
by Andrew Hudgins

BILLY RAY'S FARM
by Larry Brown

I AM NOT A SOUTHERN WRITER
by Guy Davenport

REPORTING

BEST INTENTIONS
by Stacy Mattingly

DEPARTMENTS

SOUTHERN DINING

DOES' EAT PLACE
by Bern Keating

SOUTHERN MAYORS

NO REGULAR JOE
by Thomas Easterling

SOUTHERN MUSIC

NEW SOUNDS: Impala, Alison Krauss, Chris Whitley, The Squirrel Nut Zippers

SOUTHERN VIDEO

COBB: A TALL TALE
by Steve Vineberg

SOUTHERN BOOKS

PAUL HEMPHILL'S LEAVING BIRMINGHAM
by Allan Jacobs

ROBERT GORDON'S IT CAME FROM MEMPHIS
by Stephanie Zacharek

SAMUEL PICKERING'S TRESPASSING
by Steven Harvey

JOHN EGERTON'S SPEAK NOW AGAINST THE DAY
by Fred Hobson

Celebrate 30 years of the OA.