scalawag

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A growing handful of thoughtful, regionally focused media outlets — "The Bitter Southerner," "Scalawag," "Southerly" — emerged to tell true, nuanced stories of the communities they represented, but stereotypes and oversimplifications persisted.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2020

Andrew Paul’s recent nonfiction and short stories can be found within the Believer, Oxford American, Hazlitt, Scalawag, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and the anthology Mississippi Noir.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2018

If Scalawag could have seen, and been able to speak with, the old ringmaster just then the pony would doubtless have pointed out an important error in the above statement.

From The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks

The little Scalawag paled and his voice was scarcely a whisper: "Why—why, what do you mean?"

From The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South by Dixon, Thomas

Meanwhile Tess left Ralph to hitch Scalawag while she marched up the stone steps of the Howbridge house to deliver Ruth’s note into Hedden’s hand, who took it at once to Mr. Howbridge.

From The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks