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By KIMBERLY ANDERSON
Assistant Editor

Welcome to the launch of the NEW New Southerner magazine. This is where old-fashioned ideas meet new trends and sensitivities that give us the inspiration to live fuller, more independent lives, strengthen relationships, save money and leave the earth a better place.

I say “us” because I am as far from self-sufficiency as I am the moon. I am excited and ready to begin anew, re-implementing some of my old habits and improving on them. I invite you to join me. But you’ll have to keep up. We will now be posting new information semi-weekly. (more)

Novel, poetry collection or concept album? Keane masters the ring and the written word

BOOK REVIEW
By MARIANNE WORTHINGTON

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Death-Defying Acts: New Poems
Erin Keane
WordFarm, 2010

Louisville poet and journalist Erin Keane’s haunting new collection of circus-themed poems comes with a price: reading this book forces us to admit our fascination for freaks and fools and “the exquisite horror of a sideshow.” Like a ringmaster, Keane balances between spectacle and reality and leads us right up to the funhouse mirrors where we must confront our abnormalities, short-comings, phobias and furtive desires. (more)

Family Farm Day lets you dig in

By CAROL GUNDERSEN

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Louisville-area students partake in the garlic harvest, thanks to the Food Literacy Project. The next Family Farm Day will take place Sept. 29 at Oxmoor Farm. (Courtesy of the Food Literacy Project)

As regular patrons of their local farmers market, Elizabeth Wood and her family enjoy eating fresh food grown close to home. On a recent Saturday they went right to the source, munching vegetables and exploring the fields of a local farm as part of the Food Literacy Project’s Family Farm Day program.

Family Farm Day is a unique opportunity for Louisville-area residents to visit a working farm in Jefferson County. Our next family program, including a “Field-to-Fork” experience during which participants create a simple dish using just-harvested vegetables, will be held Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find out how to register by visiting our Web site at foodliteracyproject.org.

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Farming Cotton

FICTION

BY LISA GROEN BRANER

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Tonight the voices from the house are louder than usual. Daddy’s trying to convince Granddad of something. “You wait, it’s
coming,” is all I hear before the radio blurs his voice again.

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Homing

POETRY

BY CHRISTINA LOVIN

The cemetery quiet, no visitors today
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My cooking is what I call creative

NONFICTION

By BEEBE BARKSDALE-BRUNER

My cooking talent is what I call creative, never fixing anything the same way twice. If I have a recipe in front of me, I don’t follow it. I get ideas on shortcuts. I’ve been that way all my life. (more)

My Black Dog

POETRY

BY WANDA FRIES

I have tried everything to get rid of him:
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[parts of the spine and how they work]

NONFICTION

By ANNA GILES

[lumbar spine — “the lowest part of the spine”]
It’s your seventh grade year, and you are fidgeting in a long line in your middle school’s gym. You run your tongue over your braces; your hands are clasped in front of you as you shuffle forward. At the front of the line, you follow in the stead of students before you and bend over, trying to touch your toes. Your hands end up somewhere in the vicinity of your calves, even though you stick your fingers straight out. You let gravity pull you down farther until you can almost touch the white tops of your socks. You hear a nurse’s pen scratching against a clipboard and her muttering, “Yep.” You’re sent out of the gym and back to your class. (more)

Connecting with Nature One Bite at a Time

WILD HARVESTING

By WREN SMITH

Shopping around in your backyard will not only save you money, but will also provide a vitalizing dose of direct contact with the natural world. When I notice the parade of plants that pop up in my yard and along frequented routes, I often contemplate my next plate of nourishment from the wild.
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