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Beyond the Real: A Q&A with fiction writer Carl Napolitano

Carl Napolitano, a queer fiction writer from Little Rock, has only a handful of stories out in the world so far, but his premises are shockingly memorable. They treat the mystical and strange with the utmost frankness and acceptance. Magic materializes and characters just carry on and make do. In this Q&A, Napolitano reflects on the subjectivity of interpretation, his novel-in-progress and why a fantastical approach to storytelling is so appealing. 
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Oxford American's annual music issue digs up country roots

Volume 24 of the Oxford American’s annual music issue — a country-heavy undertaking that closes out the magazine’s 30th anniversary — is on newsstands.
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Shovels & Rope, Buffalo Nichols, Tre Burt at UA Pulaski Tech for Oxford American's 30th anniversary

The literary treasure that is the Oxford American turns 30 this year and, appropriately for a magazine that unearths the nuance and complexity of the American South, it’s celebrating with a stacked show including acclaimed folk duo Shovels & Rope, Houston blues guitarist Buffalo Nichols and Tré Burt, a gifted folk storyteller who shares not only John Prine’s record label, but his lyrical precision.

Oxford American's annual music issue maps the movement of Southern influences on soul, gospel and beyond

With alternating covers of Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin, the "Up South" issue looks at the ways Southerners on the move transformed music scenes in Philly, Chicago and beyond.
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Danielle A. Jackson takes the helm at Oxford American

Memphis native Danielle Jackson, who joined the Oxford American in February 2020 as managing editor, will succeed Eliza Borné as the magazine's fourth editor since its inception in 1992.

Oxford American editor Eliza Borné steps down

Eliza Borné, editor of the Oxford American magazine, is stepping down from her role later this month to work as director of development for the Central Arkansas Library System. 
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Emily J. Lordi and DJ Lyneé Denise talk Janelle Monae, Nina Simone and more on Oxford American's Landmark Sessions tonight

Tonight on Oxford American's Landmark Sessions: OA Managing Editor Danielle A. Jackson moderates a discussion with Vanderbilt professor Emily J. Lordi and DJ Lyneé Denise called "The Meaning of Soul."

Rodney Crowell speaks tonight for Oxford American's virtual "Landmark Sessions"

Crowell, an elder figure in the Americana idiom, has long infused his music with a literary bent, and he's leading a virtual discussion tonight on "words and melodies that evoke the familiar feeling of home."
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Oxford American podcast gets $350K grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

"Points South," a podcast from the Oxford American, is the recipient of a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

KaToya Ellis Fleming named third recipient of 2019 Oxford American Jeff Baskin Writers Fellowship

The Fellowship's third recipient is KaToya Ellis Fleming, a Georgia writer who will spend her time in Central Arkansas working on "Finding Frank," a manuscript that explores Georgia novelist and Augusta native Frank Yerby's relationship to his native Augusta against the backdrop of Fleming's own connection to the city, which she calls "a world both different and unchanged."
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Artists, Drawl your guns

You won't need a license to make a purchase at "The Gun Show" coming to Drawl Gallery in the Heights. Drawl owner Guy Bell and the Oxford American magazine are teaming up to present an exhibition in which artists, writers and scholars answer the question, "What does the visual presence of guns suggest to you?"

The art of the gun

From Guy Bell comes notice of "The Gun Show," a juried art competition, with prizes up to $2,500, for works exploring the firearm in Southern culture.
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