"Backporch" is my senior design thesis, completed over my final semester at Auburn University (Fall 2018). This project was self-determined and self-scheduled, and included: a 40+ page publication, 2 posters, 2 T-shirts, a mailer, a shipping receipt, and 3 illustrations. From the Letter from the Editor: "The American South is a large region, and it’s easy to feel alone here when you don’t fit “the norm.” But we promise, there are others out there like you. Backporch started as a love letter from me to the place I grew up. I know the importance of representation, and I wanted to find more Southerners like my friends and me... musicians, poets, photographers, artists, writers. You’ll find an overarching theme in this issue of community, of finding spaces you belong to and carving out your own space when you can’t find one. We’ve carved out our own space, here."
