Southern Exposure is an award-winning print journal and magazine published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation and won several awards, including a National Magazine Award and two George Polk Awards, for its writing and investigative reporting on a broad range of political, economic, and cultural issues in the South.

Vol. 15 No. 1 - Spring 1987

Magaziner cover with photos of film negatives and text reading "Short Takes: A Look at the South's Newest Books"

Short Takes

  • Southern News Roundup

    2
  • Resources

    9
  • Voices of Our Neighbors

    11
  • Montgomery Before King

    14
  • Why Rabbits Have White Tails

    17
  • The South's Last Virgin Forest

    20
  • Prof. Longhair's Carnival Rhythms

    23
  • Disaster at Banner Mine

    27
  • The Sins of Our Mothers

    29
  • Small Farms of the Highlands

    32
  • Grease Boys and Girl Shuckers

    34
  • The End of Democracy

    38
  • The Battle for Blair Mountain

    41
  • Moonshine and Loopholes

    44
  • After Selma, What Next?

    47
  • A New Deal for the Cotton South

    50
  • Father of the Electric Blues

    54
  • The Best Schools in Texas

    57
  • Neighborhood Militants

    58
  • New Books on the South

    61
  • Voices from Past

    63
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