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. 19 No. 1 - Spring 1991
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Magazine cover with painting of child, text reads "The Golden Child"

The Golden Child

  • Dateline: The South

    Compiled by Robin Donovan

    2

  • Southern News Roundup

    Compiled by Laurie Udesky

    4

  • Fowling the Nest

    The poultry industry is polluting fields and streams from Arkansas to Virginia. By Denise Giardina and Eric Bates.

    8

  • Short Stories and Tall Tales

    By Susan Ketchin

    13

  • Nonnie and the Melungeon

    By Lee Smith

    15

  • Any Crazy Body

    By Nanci Kincaid

    22

  • The Way Things Are

    By Ron Rash

    30

  • The Well

    By Tom Bailey

    32

  • The Golden Child

    By Reynolds Price

    36

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Really Tells All

    By Allan Gurganus

    41

  • Southern Voices: No Joy in Mudville

    By Neill Herring

    44

  • Of Different Minds

    Fifty years after W. J. Cash probed The Mind of the South, journalists and scholars gather to discuss his influential books. By Eric Bates.

    47

  • Squatter's Right

    Congress ordered a federal agency to sell abandoned homes to low-income families. Myrtis Clark got tired of waiting. By Katrina Willis.

    52

  • Blood for Oil

    Gasoline prices soared after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Are the oil companies guilty of price gouging? By Laurie Udesky.

    56

  • Patriots for Peace

    Many Southern soldiers and military families decided to "just say no" to the war in the Gulf. By Lane Windham.

    60

  • The Last Word

    64
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