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Boyce Upholt

Boyce is the founding editor of Southlands. His first book, THE GREAT RIVER, was published in 2024 and won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing.

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Issue No. 02

These Lands Are Our Lands

An introduction to our PUBLIC/PRIVATE issue.

Southlands Selects

America’s wealthiest family has long been refurbishing its hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. But when the Waltons cast their eyes east, toward one of the most beloved rivers in the Ozarks, they found themselves in troubled waters.

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