These Long Shadows: Women's House Museums in the American South

A gorgeous illustrated meditation on the homes of iconic Southern women, from Nina Simone to Flannery O'Connor

In These Long Shadows, 14 personal, working, and domestic spaces of distinguished women are the framework for this exploration of public history in the American South. The entries are arranged chronologically and comprise artists Elisabet Ney and Clementine Hunter; musician Nina Simone; authors Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, and Margaret Mitchell; poet Anne Spencer; activists Paul...