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.. 24 No. 2 - Summer 1996
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Magazine cover with photos from various newspaper articles against a purple background; text reads Best of the Press

Best of the Press

  • From the Editor

    4

  • Letters

    5

  • Roundup

    7

  • Followup: Go Directly to Jail

    By Dana Clark Felty

    14

  • Best of the Press

    21

  • Alice and Carol

    A lesbian couple challenges stereotypes. By Elizabeth Simpson, The Virginian-Pilot

    22

  • The Fertility Gods

    Reproductive technology creates new health and ethical dilemmas. By Carol Winkelman, The Chapel Hill News

    28

  • State of the Forest

    Forestry practices raise concerns over Tennessee's most valuable natural resource. By Leon Alligood, Nashville Banner

    34

  • A Dangerous Age

    The community can't just lock up everyone who cats strange. By Carol A. Marbin & Stephen Nohlgren, St. Petersburg Times

    40

  • Nickels and Dimes

    Child support could go to people now receiving government assistance. By Mark Barrett, Asheville Citizen-Times

    45

  • Battered

    It takes an abuser facing his violence to break the cycle. By Erika Johnson Spinelli, The Item

    48

  • Voices from the South: They Would Be Singing

    By Joan Papert Preiss

    50

  • Fiction: Monkey—In Twenty-Five Words or Less

    By Helen Ellis

    52

  • Junebug: Southern Exposure's Storyteller: If it Don't Fit, Don't Force It!

    By Junebug Jabbo Jones

    55

  • Blueprint for Change: Funding Social Change

    By Alvin A. McEwen

    57

  • Reviews of Southern Media: Southern Pot of Soup

    By Roberta Herrin

    60

  • Still the South: Pottery

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    64
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