Bitter Southerner Publishing

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Counter culture before counter culture was cool, a brilliant creative and intellectual who loves our country deeply, her voice and her lyrics, like a protest sign stamped on our souls. Yes everyone, that is the one and only GILLIAN WELCH @gillianwelchofficial on the cover of Issue No. 13. Inside the magazine, we cannot wait for you to experience Landon Nordeman’s gorgeous photographs of Gillian, and “This Land Is Her Land,” our cover story written by one of our favorite contributors, Jewly Hight. Did you know that Gillian’s parents worked on The Carol Burnett Show? They did! “This Land Is Her Land” is a story that sits squarely and perfectly in our sweet spot. GILLIAN WELCH IS THE BITTER SOUTHERNER. REMEMBER: you must subscribe to get Issue 13. Link in images. (( We ship in 3 weeks!! )) Front & back cover photographed at @fristartmuseum in Nashville by @landonnordeman Image from @newportfolkfest by @adamkissick ( we were there - it was a spiritual experience. ☁️ )

Repost from @bittersoutherner • David Walter Banks’ Trembling Earth named one of @smithsonianmagazine ’s ten best photography books of 2025. 🥂 Huge congratulations to David and our entire team at BS Publishing! Publisher @bs_publishing Author & Photographer @davidwalterbanks Book Design @davewhitling

LOW INVENTORY ALERT: Issue No. 12— few boxes left. Subscribe now to make sure you get this beautiful issue! Also, if you plan to give a subscription to The Bitter Southerner magazine as a holiday gift, place your orders today! 🙏🏽💛 Thank you, everyone! Links in image.

THE PREORDER FOR TREMBLING EARTH IS LIVE! Repost from @kyletibbsjones • Quite possibly the coolest thing we’ve ever made. Thank you, @davidwalterbanks for taking us on this WILD BEAUTIFUL ride. Repost from @bittersoutherner • It’s here! TREMBLING EARTH, A TRANSCENDENTAL TRIP THROUGH THE OKEFENOKEE by David Walter Banks is now available for preorder. Over the course of three years, David Walter Banks paddled 500 miles and spent 69 nights deep in the Okefenokee Swamp - a magical mystery tour that changed his life. There, among the cypress, snakes, and alligators, David found an endless flow of mind-expanding beauty. And here in this new book are the 90 stunning (almost hallucinatory) photographs he created. Take a trip through the swamp in all its psychedelic wonder. See the ancient in a new and beautiful way. There’s never been a book about the Okefenokee like Trembling Earth. We know you’re going to love it. 90 Stunning Photographs Linen-Wrapped Hardcover 144 Pages 9.625 x 13’’ Preorder begins now —🔗 in image above. We begin shipping the week of October 6. Available for wholesale - send us an email - wholesale @ bitter southerner dot com. author : @davidwalterbanks publisher : @bs_publishing book design : @davewhitling cover illustration: @ddtatts poetry : @aimee_nezhukumatathil & @wildandincolor land acknowledgement: Muscogee (Creek) Principal Chief James R. Floyd

It’s here! Now shipping our first project at BS Records. The record is so good. The artist list is a dream. The folks at Democracy Forward (the org) are our heroes. When you order this record you’re directly supporting their tireless work fighting for our democracy. Thank you to all these amazing artists supporting @democracyforward and BS RECORDS. @michaelstipe @sierraelizabethferrell @wilco @timmytychilders @brandicarlile @hurrayfortheriffraff @blackfootwhitefoot @allisonrussellmusic @tadebimpe @kevinmorby @waxa_katie @fruit_bats @jasonisbell @shereturnsfromwar @john_prine @s.g.goodman @langhorneslim @daniellepondermusic @removador @bigredmachineadjv 🔗 to order at bittersoutherner.com #democracyforward #letfreedomrock #bsrecords Pressed at @weareechobase #wemakerecordsnow

Big announcement today. BS RECORDS is here. For our first record, all proceeds go to @democracyforward a legal organization using the courts to defend progress, disrupt extremism, and fight tirelessly for our democracy. At The Bitter Southerner, it’s our job to lift up individuals and organizations tackling our country’s crisis head on. Our heroes at Democracy Forward are some of those people, so we’re very proud to give this record the same name: DEMOCRACY FORWARD. We owe an enormous thank you to these amazing artists : ( in order of appearance) Michael Stipe (Invocation), Sierra Ferrell, Wilco, Tyler Childers, Brandi Carlile, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Allison Russell, Brittany Howard, Tunde Adebimpe, Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee, Fruit Bats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, She Returns From War, John Prine, S.G. Goodman, Langhorne Slim, Blue Mountain, Danielle Ponder, Jim James, Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine. DEMOCRACY FORWARD A Double Album Vinyl Only Pre-order begins now 🔗 to order in images Ships week of June 30 Cover image @danwintersphoto #bsrecords #bittersoutherner #democracyforward #betteramerica #betterworld

HAVE YOU HEARD? THERE’S A NEW BOOK at BS PUBLISHING — Welcome to ALLEGHANIA, an inspiring new portrait of Central Appalachia. Set against the gorgeous ancient landscape of the Allegheny Mountains, photographer Michael O. Snyder ( @michaelosnyder ) presents a collection of portraits from West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. From farmers and herbalists, to skateboarders and train hoppers, Buddhist monks to Christian pastors, this is a love letter to an often overlooked part of Appalachia - a place where tradition and transformation intertwine. A dispatch from the heart of America, ALLEGHANIA asks us to reconsider our image of a region and its people.Through a rich tapestry of voices and striking photography, Snyder’s new body of work brings Central Appalachia’s grit, grace, and heart clearly into view. Michael O. Snyder’s ALLEGHANIA is beautiful. And today it’s available for pre-order. We begin shipping week of May 12. • 9 x 10.25’’ • Hardcover • 176 Pages 📸 Author : @michaelosnyder 📔 Design : @davewhitling 📚Publisher : @bs_publishing 🔗 Preorder : in image above 🛒 Available : for wholesale

VERY GOOD 📚NEWS : @bs_publishing is proud to announce that THE CROP CYCLE by Shane Mitchell ( @shanefarafield ) has been long listed for Pen/America Literary Award @penamerica Yes, THE CROP CYCLE, Stories With Deep Roots, our anthology of Shane’s incredible essays is on the long list for the Pen/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Essay. Huge congratulations to our beloved Shane Mitchell and to @alisonlawatl who edited the book, and to our entire team here at The Bitter Southerner & BS Publishing. ( Somebody grab the champagne glasses🥂. ) To make Pen’s long list is a dream! THE CROP CYCLE 📝 writer @shanefarafield 📑 editor @alisonlawatl 📕 book design @davewhitling 📚publisher @bspublishing 🔗 to order in image above Wholesale inquiries please reach out at [email protected].

ISSUE NO 10 ships on FRIDAY. HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED? Repost from @bittersoutherner • THE NEW ISSUE. We interrupt the in-real-life endtimes movie we’re all starring in to bring you some actual JOY : ISSUE NO 10 of The Bitter Southerner magazine is here. On the cover, an unforgettable Kentucky-born actor & our favorite frontman in the R.E.M. cover band everyone’s talking about : MICHAEL SHANNON. Shannon’s career is red-hot right now, and this summer he’s channeling R.E.M’s Michael Stipe on a tour​ across America and Europe. The words and photos here are so good. “Michael Shannon Loves Music Like We Love Music” was written by @nic___brown and photographed by @landonnordeman (at the legendary Hotel Chelsea in New York). We’re serious music nerds, and this cover-band-cover-story makes us happy. We can’t wait for you to read it. If you haven’t already, please SUBSCRIBE NOW. 🔗 to subscribe in first image and in profile. 📸 @landonnordeman

PARTY AT BS PUBLISHING 💥💥💥( not really, we’re on deadline to get Issue No. 10 to the printer!) Still, we are very very excited about this news. #Repost @bittersoutherner ・・・ Ahhhh, we have some good news this morning. The Bitter Southerner magazine is a finalist in the @asme1963 awards. This is a big deal for folks in the magazine business — so we’re all smiles. Category: General Excellence, Literature, Science and Politics Finalists: Aperture The Bitter Southerner Mother Jones Undark Virginia Quarterly Review THANK YOU to all of you who read and support our work. Thank you to everyone who has ever bought a t-shirt or flag, y’all keep this indie journalism alive. And big love to our tiny team (we love you!) (+) all the incredible freelance editors and writers and illustrators and photographers who create beautiful work with us. We are so grateful. Awards announced in April & reception in NY in June. 💫

GOOD BOOK NEWS: @bs_publishing title, THANK YOU PLEASE COME AGAIN by @katemedley , made @npr ’s 2024 BOOKS WE LOVE LIST. Big congratulations to Kate & our team! Also : REDNECKS by @taylorbrown82 , a novel that started as a @bittersoutherner story, also made the list. You may remember our excerpt from REDNECKS in Issue No. 7? WHEN SOUTHERN WOMEN COOK from @tonitiptonmartin is also on NPR’s list. Toni wrote our Letter from Home in Issue No. 8 & our @kyletibbsjones contributed to WHEN SOUTHERN WOMEN COOK! Finally, @fattery12 ’s WITH MY BACK TO THE WORLD is also on the list. Victoria Chang’s book of poetry is beautiful and we excerpted one of the poems in Issue No. 8, our ALL WOMEN ISSUE. Congrats, everyone! 📕📕📕📕📕 #Repost @katemedley ・・・ Amped to find THANK YOU PLEASE COME AGAIN on NPR’s year-end list: 2024 Books We Love. (Among so many other books I have devoured this year. A rad list.) I love y’all right back, NPR!