The Southern Quarterly, an independent journal of the arts in the South published by The University of Southern Mississippi since 1962, is one of the first journals devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Southern culture.

The Arts in the South

For SoQ "the arts" is defined broadly, and we include in our pages the traditional arts, painting, sculpture, music, and dance, as well as popular culture. We also publish studies of Southern culture from such disciplines as folklore, anthropology, and history. For SoQ, "The South" is defined as the region from the Mason Dixon Line to Central America.

Past Special Issues and Features

Most issues of SoQ have a thematic focus, and we have published special issues and features on such diverse topics as: Hurricane Katrina, the African-American church, the texts of southern foods, country music, southern cemeteries, contemporary visual art, southern women playwrights, southern film, southern novelists on stage and screen.

SoQ issues and features devoted to individual southern artists include: Eudora Welty, Kate Chopin, Harry Crews, Erskine Caldwell, Elvis Presley, Lee Smith, Tennessee Williams, Conrad Aiken, and Walker Percy.

Regular Features

Regular features include reviews of books and films, periodic reviews of exhibitions and performances, as well as interviews with writers and artists.

Bibliography

Since 1989 SoQ has published in each fall issue a "Bibliography of the Visual Arts and Architecture in the South."