Wraparound South
About the Journal
Wraparound South was a literary journal published from 2014 to 2020 under the leadership of Dr. Laura Valeri, Professor in the Department of English at Georgia Southern University. With permission from Dr. Valeri, this site provides an open-access archive of all issues of Wraparound South. See About this Journal (opens in new tab) to learn more about the mission of Wraparound South.
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Alex Chapman
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After a Snow
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Stephen Scott Whitaker
Land of Wild Geese
Andy Fogle
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Early Morning Rain
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Bullet Year
Ellen Malphrus
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The Prodigal Son
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Men Wearing Neckties
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Lunch Atop a Skyscraper
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MILLSTONES
Lazar Trubman
Jonah and the Whale
Amy Bailey
The Mother of All Mistakes
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Somewhere to Lay Your Head
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David Joseph
The Loading Dock at Boca Grande
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Family (Again)
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Blood Letting
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White Privilege
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The Difference Between a Deer and a Bullet
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Hemingway’s Bathroom
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The Dust of John Wilkes Booth
Mark Stein
Witch of the Reeds
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The Sailor from the Oil Tanker
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Nick of Time
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Emily Madapusi Pera
Red Clay Fetish
Ronnie Sirmans
Ms. Esther at a Funeral
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Burial Ground, James City
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Laura Valeri
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Jose Skinner
Eastern Kentucky in Four Figures
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Catfish, Catfish
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(Dear) DeeDee
Kat Meads
The Difference Between a Window and a Mirror
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My Father’s Hands
Patrick W. Gibson
Buford Highway
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Astrid’s Bakery
Jessica Aue
Threnody for Camilla
Richard King Perkins II
The Future of Frost
Jack Freeman
Night in a Cornfield During the Great Depression
Margaux Novak
Coastal Plains
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Swamp Creatures
Kristin Van Tassel
Eatonville, 1987
Laura Jones
Biscuits, Butter, and Me
Molly McConnell
Understandings
Nick LaRocca
Turpentine
Laura Schwartz
The Threads of Silence
Lonormi Manuel
The Secret of Mary Madigan’s Death
Richard Dokey
Pareidolia
Rick Hoffman
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Billy Malanga
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Elegy For Shoeless Joe
Dan Leach
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Adanze Asante
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Lauren Scharhag
She Tossed Her Head
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Meditation of a Bad Shrimp Po-Boy
Jeffrey Tucker
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Lauren Scharhag
Learning The Language
Richard Brobst
Stepping Stone
Shawn Girvan
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William C. Crawford
Weekday Afternoons
Steven Stam
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Self Report
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John Grey
Chicken Factory Handbook
Jeffrey H. MacLachlan
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Caitlin Thomson
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Shark Week
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Timothy Dodd
Lucky Devil
Jessica Simms
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Lyn Milner
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No Such Thing as Natural Disaster
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Natural Disasters
Kimberly Rose
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Allison Thorpe
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Christina Olson
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A Cast Iron Time Machine
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Miss Jane Repurposes
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Hairdresser of the Dead
Jesse Millner
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A Calm January Tuesday Morning in Park City
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Emily as a Slice of Silver Tape
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A Sheep in Wolfe’s Clothing
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“Betelgeuse”
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“The Nuclear Battery Baby”
Kevin Wilson
“The Committee of the Hole”
Brock Clarke
Female Surgery
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Translation poem series
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A Cuban-American Primer
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An Endangered Literature
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Editor’s Letter
Laura Valeri