Points South

IN CONVERSATION OA contributor Emily Gogolak investigates Dilley, Texas, a small town at the intersection of the oil, smuggling, and confinement industries. Dilley is home to the South Texas Family Residential Center, the largest immigration detention center in the country. This segment features interviews recorded for Gogolak’s essay “An Intersection at the End of America” from our Spring 2020 is...

THE PROLOGUE The story of Clyde Kennard, the first person to attempt desegregation at the University of Southern Mississippi. IN CONVERSATION Sarah M. Broom, National Book Award-winning author of The Yellow House IN SESSION A performance from the No Tears Suite, an original jazz composition commissioned by the OA to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the desegregation crisis at Little Rock’s Cent...

EDITORS’ ROUNDTABLE OA Editors discuss the upcoming South Carolina Music Issue and share their favorite stories and behind-the-scenes moments. Plus: A preview of the issue’s tracklist. Featuring Eliza Borné, Maxwell George, Jay Jennings, and Hannah Saulters. IN CONVERSATION Deputy Editor Maxwell George with OA contributor David Ramsey. TOP 5 Maxwell George shares his favorite Southern Music Issue...

THE PROLOGUE Known as Arkansas’s “cemetery angel,” Ruth Coker Burks provided end-of-life care for patients with AIDS in Hot Springs during the height of the AIDS crisis and buried their remains in her family’s cemetery. IN ADAPTATION “Three Encounters” by John Jeremiah Sullivan. Performed by MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger. Produced by Spacebomb and Maxwell George IN SESSION A Fayetteville Root...

SACRED PLACE Julian Rankin, director of the Walter Anderson Museum, investigates Anderson’s deep connection to Horn Island, a source of inspiration for the artist’s work located about ten miles off the Mississippi coast. IN CONVERSATION Mary Miller, author of the novel Biloxi. IN SESSION John Paul White performs from The Hurting Kind live from the Oxford American stage. Web: oxfordamerican.org/poi...

The premiere episode of Points South, an Oxford American podcast. Featuring: THE PROLOGUE Ken Burns and Rhiannon Giddens discuss the legibility of African and African-American contributions to country music—from the Carter Family to Lil Nas X—and how that influence has been erased in the American consciousness. IN CONVERSATION Documentarians Julie Dunfey and Ken Burns on the soundscape of Country...

Points South premieres September 18th! Subscribe now and never miss an episode. Coming this season: Ken Burns, Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Mary Miller, John Paul White, Los Texmaniacs, John Jeremiah Sullivan + more. For more information visit oxfordamerican.org/pointssouth .