America is at a crossroads. We are searching for home in places where belonging and identity are often contested. Editor Cinelle Barnes takes this search to the South, a place haunted by a history of exclusion and discrimination. In A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South, twenty-one writers share powerful experiences of living, working, and writing during this complicated time.

1. Osayi Endolyn, "A New Normal South: Southern cooking by Indian American chefs offers refreshing ways to connect"2. Jaswinder Bolina, "Foreign & Domestic: On color, comfort, and crime in Miami"
3. Soniah Kamal, "Face"
4. Jennifer Hope Choi, "My 65-Year-Old Roommate"
5. Kiese Laymon, "That's Not Actually True"
6. Devi Laskar, "Duos"
7. M. Evelina Galang, "Suddenly, An Island Girl"
8. Tiana Clark, "Treacherous Joy: An epistle to the South"
9. Latria Graham, "Nuisance: An essay about home"
10. Aruni Kashyap, "Are You A Muslim & Other Questions White Landlords Ask Me"
11. Minda Honey, "Auntie"
12. Regina Bradley, "Outta the Souf"
13. Natalia Sylvester, "Dysplasia"
14. Christena Cleveland, "White Devil in Blue: Duke basketball, religion, and modern-day slavery in the 'New South'"
15. Nichole Perkins, "Southern, Not A Belle"
16. Ivelisse Rodriguez, "White, Other, Black"
17. Gary Jackson, "Ain't misbehavin"
18. Frederick McKendra, "...Black majorettes..."
19. Toni Jensen, "Pass"
20. Diana Cejas, "Gum"