Chuck Reece
@chuckreece.bsky.social
@salvationsouth.com co-founder and editor in chief. Founding editor of The Bitter Southerner.
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Is “Six Seven” Really Brain Rot?
The viral phrase is easy to dismiss, but its ubiquity suggests something crucial about human nature.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Finally some sanity from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Finally some sanity from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
I'm attending Ruwa Romman for Governor's event, “Ruwa for Governor Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ruwaforgeorg...
Ruwa for Governor Kickoff Call · Ruwa Romman for Governor
It’s time to build a movement! Republicans have controlled our state for way too long and the only way to change that is building infrastructure while fighting to make Georgia one we can afford.
We ...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm attending Ruwa Romman for Governor's event, “Ruwa for Governor Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ruwaforgeorg...
Worked on this piece about @widespreadpanic.com on and off for a year, and it's not a piece about music. It's a piece about music fans, and how this band has built a world for them that's stood for nearly 40 years.
A Place to Be Happy
Chuck Reece explores Widespread Panic, the devotion of its fans, and the enduring community built on joy, kinship, and sharing.
www.salvationsouth.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Worked on this piece about @widespreadpanic.com on and off for a year, and it's not a piece about music. It's a piece about music fans, and how this band has built a world for them that's stood for nearly 40 years.
I dearly love the writing of @chris-offutt.bsky.social. But I had no idea until last year that his eye was as sharp as his pen. Overjoyed to have his photographs (and words!) in @salvationsouth.com today.
No Grand Subjects Here: Offutt Shoots Mississippi
Mississippi photography by legendary writer Chris Offutt. This Southern photo essay captures everday sights with sharp Mississippi images.
www.salvationsouth.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I dearly love the writing of @chris-offutt.bsky.social. But I had no idea until last year that his eye was as sharp as his pen. Overjoyed to have his photographs (and words!) in @salvationsouth.com today.
Southern and Appalachian studies programs in out colleges are critical. But they are in danger. Read this dispatch from @robgipe.bsky.social. Proud to have him in @salvationsouth.com.
Can Appalachian Studies Survive the Age of Trump?
With Appalachian Studies programs under threat, Arthurdale, West Virginia, is building new roads to Appalachian cultural preservation.
www.salvationsouth.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Southern and Appalachian studies programs in out colleges are critical. But they are in danger. Read this dispatch from @robgipe.bsky.social. Proud to have him in @salvationsouth.com.
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Out today on @bullcitypress.com. This weekend, we'll have two stories excerpted from the book, plus "Ten Questions for Daniel Wallace."
Excited about the release of Daniel Wallace's BENEATH THE MOON AND LONG DEAD STARS? Grab your copy at his launch reading, tonight at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill!
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flyleafbooks.com/event/wallac...
Daniel Wallace presents BENEATH THE MOON AND LONG DEAD STARS
flyleafbooks.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Out today on @bullcitypress.com. This weekend, we'll have two stories excerpted from the book, plus "Ten Questions for Daniel Wallace."
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If you aren’t reading the Salvation South posts, you’re missing out on good stories.
Do you think your “creative days” are behind you? Read this inspiring piece from @eafentress.bsky.social. Then get to work!
The Power of Blooming Late
Discover Dusti Bongé’s biography and legacy in Ellen Ann Fentress’s essay on Mississippi women artists and creative ambition blooming late.
www.salvationsouth.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you aren’t reading the Salvation South posts, you’re missing out on good stories.
@eafentress.bsky.social took what, in most writers’ hands, would have been a reflection on an artist’s career and turned it into inspiration for anyone in midlife who is driven to create. Proud to publish this in @salvationsouth.com.
The Power of Blooming Late
Discover Dusti Bongé’s biography and legacy in Ellen Ann Fentress’s essay on Mississippi women artists and creative ambition blooming late.
www.salvationsouth.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@eafentress.bsky.social took what, in most writers’ hands, would have been a reflection on an artist’s career and turned it into inspiration for anyone in midlife who is driven to create. Proud to publish this in @salvationsouth.com.
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When Times Are Dark, Have Mercy
Join our Southern storytelling community: support Southern writers with a Salvation South membership and help keep the magazine alive.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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On the liturgical calendar of The Episcopal Church, May 13th is the feast day for Blessed Frances Perkins, the woman who served as the Secretary of Labor in FDR's cabinet and who envisioned and personally drafted much of the legislation to create such New Deal programs as Social Security,
May 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
On the liturgical calendar of The Episcopal Church, May 13th is the feast day for Blessed Frances Perkins, the woman who served as the Secretary of Labor in FDR's cabinet and who envisioned and personally drafted much of the legislation to create such New Deal programs as Social Security,
Talking to Bill Ferris is one of my favorite things.
An exciting new series from @salvationsouth.com presents conversations with Bill Ferris to celebrate 50 years since the release of his four landmark film documentaries 🙌
Read or watch the first conversation about GIVE MY POOR HEART EASE 👇
www.salvationsouth.com/give-my-poor...
Read or watch the first conversation about GIVE MY POOR HEART EASE 👇
www.salvationsouth.com/give-my-poor...
Fifty Years of Ferris
Watch "Give My Poor Heart Ease" and a Bill Ferris interview about his landmark 1975 Mississippi blues documentary.
www.salvationsouth.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Talking to Bill Ferris is one of my favorite things.
The writing of Affrilachian poet @dalai-mama.bsky.social is badass. In this convo, we talk about family, the “re-narrativization” of the South, recovery, and more. Joy is an amazing person.
...And I Sing
Discover the Southern poetry of Kentucky's Joy Priest. Chuck Reece interviews her on her acclaimed "Horsepower" poetry collection and more.
www.salvationsouth.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The writing of Affrilachian poet @dalai-mama.bsky.social is badass. In this convo, we talk about family, the “re-narrativization” of the South, recovery, and more. Joy is an amazing person.
Yes, we are one body. May more of us learn to live that way.
#NationalPoetryMonth porch party continues with our interview with @hanvanderhart.bsky.social. Plus six new poems from Han.
“Are We Not One Body?”
Meet Han VanderHart, Southern poet and author of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize-winning “Larks,” whose vulnerable verses hold healing power.
www.salvationsouth.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yes, we are one body. May more of us learn to live that way.
“When times are dark…gather good people,” @silashouse.bsky.social tells us in @salvationsouth.com today. Thank you, Silas, for your crackling fire.
A Crackling Fire of Hope
Kentucky poet laureate Silas House on how poems and songs offer hope and solace in the divided America of 2025.
www.salvationsouth.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“When times are dark…gather good people,” @silashouse.bsky.social tells us in @salvationsouth.com today. Thank you, Silas, for your crackling fire.
Tiana Clark is one of the most brilliant among the young generation of Southern writers. An unapologetic speaker of truth and love. Read our interview w/ her at @salvationsouth.com.
The Unapologetic Verse of Tiana Clark
Southern poet Tiana Clark on her roots, her Scorched Earth poetry collection, and radical Black joy in poetry. A bold voice for modern times.
www.salvationsouth.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tiana Clark is one of the most brilliant among the young generation of Southern writers. An unapologetic speaker of truth and love. Read our interview w/ her at @salvationsouth.com.
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"Change came like a tsunami—which, contrary to what many people think, does not always announce itself with a mighty roar, but seeps in under the door when you aren’t looking."
Tracy Thompson for @salvationsouth.com:
Tracy Thompson for @salvationsouth.com:
Solastalgia - Longreads
"Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?"
longreads.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Change came like a tsunami—which, contrary to what many people think, does not always announce itself with a mighty roar, but seeps in under the door when you aren’t looking."
Tracy Thompson for @salvationsouth.com:
Tracy Thompson for @salvationsouth.com:
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What an awesome story over at @salvationsouth.com
A Temporary Arrangement
A cryptid joins the family in Laura Leigh Morris's "A Temporary Arrangement." Southern Mothman fiction. A short story about divorce. Sorta.
www.salvationsouth.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
What an awesome story over at @salvationsouth.com
We 💕 this story. Serious. Fun. Serious fun to read.
I adore the artwork @salvationsouth.com created for my Mothman story. Check it out here: www.salvationsouth.com/laura-lee-mo...
March 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We 💕 this story. Serious. Fun. Serious fun to read.
All of us at @salvationsouth.com thank @cherilucasrowlands.com for seeing how Tracy Thompson’s “Solastalgia” “sinks into you.” It surely does. Thanks for including us is @longreads.com’s top stories.
Solastalgia
Southern author Tracy Thompson's "Solastalgia": environmental change, childhood memories, and the grief of losing a rural homeland.
www.salvationsouth.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
All of us at @salvationsouth.com thank @cherilucasrowlands.com for seeing how Tracy Thompson’s “Solastalgia” “sinks into you.” It surely does. Thanks for including us is @longreads.com’s top stories.
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Just a quick note to thank @chuckreece.bsky.social and @salvationsouth.com for their Salvation South podcast. As someone born in Texas who thought he knew abt. the South till he lived in Mobile for 7 years, starting listening to these short pieces today was like eating some really good hopping john.
February 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just a quick note to thank @chuckreece.bsky.social and @salvationsouth.com for their Salvation South podcast. As someone born in Texas who thought he knew abt. the South till he lived in Mobile for 7 years, starting listening to these short pieces today was like eating some really good hopping john.
Tracy Thompson's writing and research are important. Her book "The New Mind of the South" felt like a great awakening to me. So I'm proud @salvationsouth.com today gets to publish her new piece about the grief you feel when your home literally disappears.
www.salvationsouth.com/solastalgia-...
www.salvationsouth.com/solastalgia-...
Solastalgia - Salvation South
Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?
www.salvationsouth.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tracy Thompson's writing and research are important. Her book "The New Mind of the South" felt like a great awakening to me. So I'm proud @salvationsouth.com today gets to publish her new piece about the grief you feel when your home literally disappears.
www.salvationsouth.com/solastalgia-...
www.salvationsouth.com/solastalgia-...
@salvationsouth.com is looking for 1, 2 avid readers who care deeply about the American South to volunteer to read submissions—nonfiction, journalism, fiction, and poetry. If you're interested, please send me a DM, a chat message, whatever you call those things here on Bluesky!
January 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@salvationsouth.com is looking for 1, 2 avid readers who care deeply about the American South to volunteer to read submissions—nonfiction, journalism, fiction, and poetry. If you're interested, please send me a DM, a chat message, whatever you call those things here on Bluesky!
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Yesterday, across from Ebenezer Baptist Church—just days before MLK Day, when crowds will gather to honor justice and equality—a homeless man was killed during an encampment sweep by an Atlanta city vehicle.
These sweeps are cruel, brutal, and utterly counterproductive in addressing homelessness.
These sweeps are cruel, brutal, and utterly counterproductive in addressing homelessness.
January 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Yesterday, across from Ebenezer Baptist Church—just days before MLK Day, when crowds will gather to honor justice and equality—a homeless man was killed during an encampment sweep by an Atlanta city vehicle.
These sweeps are cruel, brutal, and utterly counterproductive in addressing homelessness.
These sweeps are cruel, brutal, and utterly counterproductive in addressing homelessness.