Some Lonesome Valley

Sarah, Maren and Caroline discuss the trifecta of 2022 Awards-season-maligned-women-biopics: The Eyes of Tammy Faye, House of Gucci, and Spencer. Each get the Southern Gothic marinade in topics such as "reoriented decay," femaleness as genre, disposability, and redemption -- or lack thereof. Are we supposed to "like" these women? Who knows! Who cares!    

Pull up a chair beside Maren and Caroline as Sarah tells us about disavowal in the 1970s North Carolina case of family annihilator Jeffrey MacDonald--both in the case itself and how we are indicted as consumers of the story.

In the first installment of recurring "Is It Southern Gothic" segment, we debate whether three pop culture items fall into the canon. This week's items include: The S-Town Podcast, "Goodbye Earl" by The Chicks, and Netflix's Tiger King.

In this episode of Some Lonesome Valley, Sarah, Maren and Caroline give a tipsy nod to Valentine's Day (thanks for that whiskey, Miss Amelia!) by dissecting themes of love and violence in Carson McCullers' 1951 novella, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.

In the inaugural episode, Sarah, Maren, and Caroline lay out a foundation, like a soft blanket of kudzu, for what it means to use Southern Gothic as a lens. Topics include Edgar Allan Poe, rampant repression, and #daddyFaulkner. Come eat a nutmeg pancake!