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Florida Is Lit

In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Vanessa Garcia explores Floridian independent bookstores that are preserving the freedom to read.

Tay Butler: Blackness, Representation, and Reclaiming Legacies

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In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Zahrah Butler reflects on the work of Tay Butler, a Houston-based artist who examines the commodification of Black athletes and soldiers.

Inside the Dollar General Workers’ Fight for Safety and Fair Pay

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In August’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Katie Jane Fernelius dives into how Louisianans are organizing to transform the stores their communities rely on.

The Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama. Image by and courtesy of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress.

“This Section of the Country”: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rosenbaum House

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In August’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Whitney Washington explores the origins and crafted work of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama.

Appalshop Spotlight: Morgan Sexton’s “Little Birdie”

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In July’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Leo Shannon writes on the flood-salvaged recordings of Morgan Sexton, the East Kentucky banjo legend.

John T. Biggers working on Salt Marsh, 1997, located at University of Houston-Downtown Academic Building, Houston, Texas. Image by and courtesy of Public Art, University of Houston System. © Estate of John Biggers, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY.

John T. Biggers Murals in Houston, Texas

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In July’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Daniel Fuller travels around Houston on a John T. Biggers mural tour, detailing the artist’s legacy left around the city.

Inside Rice University’s 2025 UFO Conference

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In June’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, UFO enthusiast and author Will Clarke goes behind the scenes at Rice University’s 2025 Archives of the Impossible Conference in Houston, Texas.

Ruth Asawa at Black Mountain College

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In June’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Colony Little examines how Black Mountain College catalyzed Ruth Asawa’s artistic career and arts education within San Francisco public schools.