This illuminating biography of our thirty-ninth president by an acclaimed historian of American religion presents Jimmy Carter as the last great standard-bearer of progressive evangelical politics. Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics are commonly viewed today as inseparable. But when Carter, a Democrat and unabashed born-again ......
Many of us love gardening: being outside, assisting in acts of creation, enjoying the beauty of fresh flowers, and becoming ecstatic over those first glimpses of new growth in the spring. At the same time, small-scale farming and local gardening can be activities for alternative socio-political action, as community gardens help people take some ......
Narrating the End from Early Spanish Visualizations to Twenty-First Century Latin American Articulations
Portraits of good battling evil in the geography of hell come in many forms in the Hispanic World. Apocalyptic nightmares, frightful images of chaos and death are inclusive and interrelated, yet simultaneously project an exceptional quality ("never seen or experienced before," "the mother of all battles," "I am the only one who can fix it"). This ......
The spring 2024 Greensboro Review features our annual Robert Watson Literary Prize winners, Mark Spero's "Pig Therapist" for poetry and Daniel S.C. Sutter's "Mantis" for fiction. This 115th issue is dedicated to Fred Chappell (1936 - 2024), with a special tribute essay from Angela Davis-Gardner, as well as new work by Josh Bell, Elizabeth ......
A Traveler's Guide to Local Restaurants, Diners, and Barbecue Joints
D. G. Martin is back with an updated and expanded edition of North Carolina's Roadside Eateries. Now there are even more restaurants and things to do for the interstate traveler. North Carolina's favorite TV host and columnist has spent years traveling the major roadways of the Tar Heel State on the lookout for community, local history, and, of ......
Jerry Barker has long championed North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST), (MST) and led its development for many years. In Discovering North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail, he draws on that experience to take readers on a unique journey along the trail's full route, sharing the rich history and stories that live on each segment. ......
Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature
Publication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as a person with an intellect and a voice that matters. Because nineteenth-century Black Americans knew that publication could empower them, and because they faced numerous challenges getting their writing into print or the literary market, many ......
Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature
Publication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as a person with an intellect and a voice that matters. Because nineteenth-century Black Americans knew that publication could empower them, and because they faced numerous challenges getting their writing into print or the literary market, many ......
Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815-1845
The children of an influential Ojibwe-Anglo family, Jane Johnston and her brother George were already accomplished writers when the Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft arrived in Sault Ste. Marie in 1822. Charged by Michigan's territorial governor with collecting information on Anishinaabe people, he soon married Jane, "discovered" the family's ......
