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Dixie Noir: The Rebirth of Southern Gothic

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Late last night, while reading over J.R. Dunmore’s thoughtful exploration of Dixie Noir, I couldn’t help but trace its deep roots back to the Southern Gothic tradition What Dunmore describes as a genre for “righteous outlaws” strikes me as an evolution of the haunted South we know from Faulkner and O’Connor, reframed for a modern audience steeped in nih…

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