Essays - Janisse Ray

Getting the word out about Ocmulgee National Park in central Georgia, published online in Southerly.

A New National Park in Georgia

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, for one, wants a national park. Published in THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.

This tribute to Janisse's teacher published in terrain.org.

Hole in the Sky: A Tribute to William Kittredge

Friends and writers remember a hero.

25 Writers Remember William Kittredge

Thanks to terrain.org for giving this essay a good life.

I Have Seen the Warrior: Crossing the Okefenokee

GRAVY, the journal of the Southern Foodways Alliance, gave this essay about Ancil Jacques a great home.

The Chanterelle Seeker

Reinhabiting place was my dream. Essay published in THE GEORGIA REVIEW and won a Pushcart Prize.

The Lonely Ruralist (print)

A hard look at rural community that won a Pushcart Prize.

The Lonely Ruralist (audio)

The story of a community fighting a coal ash dump, published in THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.

From Ashes Such as These, What can Rise?

The story of a horse, published in THE DRUM, an audio literary magazine.

Cheyenne (audio)

Exaltation of Elk (audio)

To Talk About Power is to Talk About Shame: Interview by Amy Wright

The Culture Manifests the Landscape: Interview by Allison Braden

Praise to the Transformers

Welcome: An Audio-Poem about Birth

Riding the rails, published in ORION.

My love for the South, despite the struggles. Published in ORION.

On the Bosom of this Grave & Wasted Land I Will Lay My Head

About walking the walk as an enviro, published in ORION.

Altar Call for True Believers