A Great Southern Poet of the 20th Century
“My mother had five sweet normal wholesome children; then I was born.” | Abbeville Institute
In the South, a funeral isn’t just a formality. It’s a moment when music becomes memory, and memory becomes something you can hum for the rest of your life. —Tom Daniel My memory puts on a coat of gray, A keening tweed that moans just like a choir, A dirge-like gabardine that knows the way Of tears, a worsted wool,...| Abbeville Institute
When I was a young lad in graduate school, Clyde Wilson asked me and another graduate student to his office for a chat about American history. We didn’t know what to expect, but he wanted to ask us a few questions. We walked in, Clyde pivoted around from his typewriter (he didn’t have a computer in his office for the...| Abbeville Institute
“My mother had five sweet normal wholesome children; then I was born.” | Abbeville Institute
A review of The Gentler Gamester (Green Altar Books, 2024) by James Everett Kibler| Abbeville Institute
From the Confederate Veteran, February, 1916:| Abbeville Institute
