Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

Vol. 11 No. 4 - July/August 1983

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"Not No Easy Business:" Interviews with prostitutes

  • Letters From our Readers

    2
  • Readers Corner

    3
  • Southern News Roundup

    4
  • Voices of Our Neighbors

    10
  • Facing South

    12
  • Resources

    13
  • Reviews

    66
  • Voices From the Past

    72
  • Trying to Make a Living

    14
  • Not No Easy Business

    19
  • Poetry

    24
  • What’s Happening in Atlanta

    25
  • Local Color

    36
  • Retiree’s Lament

    44
  • Growing Up Southern and Sexy

    45
  • Poetry

    50
  • To President Reagan

    51
  • Building a New World

    52
  • A Case of Prejudice

    56
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