Gina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina and the Gullah islands off the Georgia coast. But she grew up in Savannah at a time when she says ...

Alexander Smalls is Southern through and through. “I’m like Faulkner,” he says. “We put commas, not periods on everything—it’s never over.” This sentiment rings true not only in his storytelling but ...

Bittle fuh tas'e 'e mout' (Food to put a good taste in the mouth: Appetizers) -- Bittle fuh greese 'e mout' (Food to grease the mouth: Meats, stews, and so on) -- Bittle fuh full e' mout' (Food to ...

Sallie Ann Robinson grew up poor, one of 10 children, on Daufuskie Island, off the coast of South Carolina. She was 10 when author Pat Conroy came in 1969 to teach the island children, an experience ...