On Hallowed Ground | Southern Studies Fellowship in Arts and Letters

In my backyard, as a little girl in North Carolina, standing solidly alone and strong, was an old woodsy, yet fruitful pecan tree of considerable stature. In the fall, we’d pick fresh pecans from her base, and gather them in the curled-up bottoms of our sweaters, discarding the rubbery hulls onto the ground. With this sweet harvest, my mother topped her chocolate cakes and made hot sticky pecan pies that would fill our bellies and satisfy our sweet teeth. On warm summer nights, she became our refuge from our hide-and-go-seek games and neighboring kids on the prowl to catch their next unsuspecting victim.

Read more about Southern Studies Fellow, Sarah Nixon's, experience of her recent research trip to Charleston.

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