Southern Cultures is an award-winning, peer-reviewed quarterly of the history, arts, and cultures of the US South, published by UNC Press for the Center for the Study of the American South, where it is housed. Interdisciplinary and art-forward, it is unusual among scholarly journals for also reaching a popular audience. The plural “cultures” in our name recognizes a region of many peoples, histories, memories, and interpretations.

Contributors include Bancroft, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Peabody, PEN America, James Beard, and Best American Comics winners, as well as leading artists, photographers, and political figures. Southern Cultures has readers around the world in more than 90 countries (and counting).

Upcoming issues include The Queer South (Spring 2025), Hip-Hop (Summer 2025), Katrina’s America (Fall 2026), and Country Music Mythology (Winter 2025).

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