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The Quilts of Gee's Bend

In an isolated bend of the Alabama River, generations of women turned worn work clothes into art that now hangs in the world's great museums.

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In Defense of the Front Porch

Before air conditioning, the porch was where the South did its living, from Charleston's piazzas to Natchez's galleries. On reclaiming what we left behind.