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F A L L 2024 OXFORD ISSU E 126 Southern Lit ISSUE AMERICAN Points South 10 Writing about Paintings A poem by Derrick Austin 12 Cracker A story by Rebekah Morgan 14 A Walk with Ancestors Inside a pre-integration, Black Belt, Black-owned bookstore By Adria R. Walker 26 The Frogs A story by Kaylie Saidin 40 new novel A ghost story by Justin Phillip Reed Features 52 THE FLIRT A story by Rebecca Bernard 60 A RECIPE PASSED DOWN A story by Kevin Wranovix 66 POEMS By Aimee Nezhukumatathil 72 FREEZER SONGS A story by Josie Tolin Omnivore 82 ELLEN GILCHRIST’S REAL MAN A visit with the iconoclastic author By James McWilliams 90 COOL NIGHTS AND INTIMATE COWBOYS IN TEXAS A conversation with artist RF. Alvarez By Alyssa Ortega Coppelman Art By Thomas Deaton, Louis Carlos Bernal, Awol Erizku, Keisha Scarville, Jerrell Gibbs, Jamie Earnest, Timothy Ivy, Charles C. Mosely, Jr, Shelley Justiss, Coady Brown, Nicholas Galanin, Erica Vincenzi, Jo Ann Chaus, Terra Keck, Tim Sandow, Jess Allen, Ginny Crouch Stanford, RF. Alvarez Cover: Scene from Alligator (1980) (detail), 2019, acrylic and mixed media on canvas by Thomas Deaton © The artist. Courtesy Lemieux Galleries, New Orleans. Deaton’s work will be on view from November 2 to February 2, in the exhibition Prospect.6: The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home, in New Orleans. Copyright © 2024 The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc. All rights reserved. The Oxford American (ISSN 1074-4525, USPS# 023157) is published four times per year, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, by The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., P.O. Box 3235, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203. Periodicals postage paid at Conway, AR Postmaster and at additional mailing offices. The annual subscription rate is $49 for U.S. orders, $59 for Canadian orders, and $69 for outside North America. (All funds must be U.S. dollars.) POSTMASTER: please send address changes to The Oxford American, P.O. Box 3235, Little Rock, AR 72203-3235, or e-mail subscriptions@oxfordamerican.org, or telephone (501) 374-0000. For list rental inquiries, contact Kerry Fischette at (609) 580-2875 or kerry.fischette@alc.com. Advertising, editorial, and general business information can be obtained by calling (501) 374-0000. “Oxford” and “Oxford American English” are registered trademarks of Oxford University Press, which is not affiliated with The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc. We use the title with their permission. Printed in the USA. 2 FALL 2024
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Martinez Brothers in Candy Store, Douglas, Arizona, 1978, a photograph by Louis Carlos Bernal © Lisa Bernal Brethour and Katrina Bernal. Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Gift of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. From Louis Carlos Bernal: Monografía, 2024, co-published by Aperture and the Center for Creative Photography OXFORDAMERICAN.ORG 3

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F A L L 2024

OXFORD

ISSU E 126

Southern Lit

ISSUE

AMERICAN

Points South 10 Writing about Paintings

A poem by Derrick Austin 12 Cracker

A story by Rebekah Morgan 14 A Walk with Ancestors

Inside a pre-integration, Black Belt, Black-owned bookstore By Adria R. Walker 26 The Frogs

A story by Kaylie Saidin 40 new novel

A ghost story by Justin Phillip Reed

Features 52 THE FLIRT A story by Rebecca Bernard

60 A RECIPE PASSED DOWN A story by Kevin Wranovix

66 POEMS By Aimee Nezhukumatathil

72 FREEZER SONGS A story by Josie Tolin

Omnivore 82 ELLEN GILCHRIST’S REAL MAN

A visit with the iconoclastic author By James McWilliams 90 COOL NIGHTS AND INTIMATE

COWBOYS IN TEXAS A conversation with artist RF. Alvarez By Alyssa Ortega Coppelman

Art By Thomas Deaton, Louis Carlos Bernal, Awol Erizku, Keisha Scarville, Jerrell Gibbs, Jamie Earnest, Timothy Ivy, Charles C. Mosely, Jr, Shelley Justiss, Coady Brown, Nicholas Galanin, Erica Vincenzi, Jo Ann Chaus, Terra Keck, Tim Sandow, Jess Allen, Ginny Crouch Stanford, RF. Alvarez

Cover: Scene from Alligator (1980) (detail), 2019, acrylic and mixed media on canvas by Thomas Deaton © The artist. Courtesy Lemieux Galleries, New Orleans. Deaton’s work will be on view from November 2 to February 2, in the exhibition Prospect.6: The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home, in New Orleans.

Copyright © 2024 The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc. All rights reserved. The Oxford American (ISSN 1074-4525, USPS# 023157) is published four times per year, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, by The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., P.O. Box 3235, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203. Periodicals postage paid at Conway, AR Postmaster and at additional mailing offices. The annual subscription rate is $49 for U.S. orders, $59 for Canadian orders, and $69 for outside North America. (All funds must be U.S. dollars.) POSTMASTER: please send address changes to The Oxford American, P.O. Box 3235, Little Rock, AR 72203-3235, or e-mail subscriptions@oxfordamerican.org, or telephone (501) 374-0000. For list rental inquiries, contact Kerry Fischette at (609) 580-2875 or kerry.fischette@alc.com. Advertising, editorial, and general business information can be obtained by calling (501) 374-0000. “Oxford” and “Oxford American English” are registered trademarks of Oxford University Press, which is not affiliated with The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc. We use the title with their permission. Printed in the USA.

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