Essays - Janisse Ray

A Recalcitrant Mule | Salvation South

Serena | @still_journal

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

I Have Seen the Warrior: Crossing the Okefenokee | @Terrainorg

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

Ocmulgee | @thebittersoutherner

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

A New National Park in Georgia | @southerlymag

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

Hole in the Sky: A Tribute to William Kittredge | @Terrainorg

Friends and writers remember a hero.

25 Writers Remember William Kittredge | @OrionMagazine

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

The Chanterelle Seeker | @SFAGravy

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

The Lonely Ruralist | @GeorgiaReview

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? | @thebittersoutherner

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

Cheyenne | @theDrumlitmag

Exaltation of Elk (audio)

To Talk About Power is to Talk About Shame: Interview by Amy Wright | Southern Cultures Journal

The Culture Manifests the Landscape: Interview by Allison Braden | @southerlymag

Water | @SouthWritLarge

Praise to the Transformers | @Salon

Welcome: An Audio-Poem about Birth

Riding the rails, published in ORION.

Track Back | @OrionMagazine

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

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

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

Altar Call for True Believers | @OrionMagazine