Just released: Tributaries 18!
Featuring research and photo essays on coal miners, tornado shelters, piñatas, Black funeral pamphlets, bayou folktales, Sacred Harp memorial lessons, drag pageants, Jewish life in Selma and Birmingham, an all-Black traveling revue, folk recordings in the Black Belt, and two book reviews.
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We accept research articles, essays, photo essays, interviews, and reviews on Alabama folklife topics. Tributaries is published annually in November. Submit by July 1, 2025 to be considered for the 2025 issue. Click for full submission guidelines.
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Tributaries, journal of the Alabama Folklife Association, contains 17 volumes that explore Alabama folk traditions of all kinds, representing a wide spectrum of Alabama history, culture, art form, and environment.
Learn about railroad calling, geophagy, jubilees, graveshelters, mayhaws, the blues, gumbo, and much more!
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