Check out this roundup of some of the best Southern releases of April 2026.
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Fabulist and Sincere: Burnside Soleil’s “Berceuse Parish”
A review of Burnside Soleil’s debut poetry collection, “Berceuse Parish.”
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The Best Southern Books of April 2026
“The End of Romance” is Cerebral, Messy and Made for Book Clubs
Some books are meant to be book club books, and I sincerely believe The End of Romance by Lily Meyer should be on the list for your next book club pick. This is a polarizing book. Some are going to love the philosophical, anti-romance of it all. They will eat up the cerebrally prone main…
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“Nowhere” Delivers Grisly, Supernatural, Appalachian Horror
The philosophical takes in Alison Gunn’s “Nowhere” combines small-town dynamics with all the best components of horror writing to create a genre-bending page turner.
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“Wayward” Women Struggle for Bodily Autonomy in “Women of a Promiscuous Nature”
From the American Plan in 1918 to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2026 in, well, 2026, women’s bodies and sexuality seem to be the perennial target of men in positions of authority. In Donna Everhart’s historical novel Women of a Promiscuous Nature, ordinary women in 1940s North Carolina resist their unjust incarceration at the State Industrial…
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Atchafalayan Birds, Myths and Haunts in “Station of the Birds”
Betsy Sussler’s “Station of the Birds,” is a tight, thrilling novel set in the bayous, swamps, and drug dens of the Louisiana backcountry.
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A Conversation on Grief, Sonnets and Ekphrasis with D.S. Waldman and Austin Araujo
An interview with poet D.S. Waldman on his recent collection, “Atria.”
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The Best Southern Books of March 2026
The best Southern books of March 2026.
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Three Trimesters Inside of a Cult Nightmare
A nonverbal autistic trans man. A worm-worshipping cult. An unwanted pregnancy. Andrew Joseph White’s latest horror novel is as unsettling as its opening line promises.
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A New Southern Magical Realism: An Interview with Robert Gwaltney
An interview with Robert Gwaltney, author of “Sing Down the Moon.”
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Cozy Chaos at The Chickadee in “The Best Little Motel in Texas”
In The Best Little Motel in Texas, Lyla Lane brings together the most delightful tropes from cozy mystery and romantic comedy while adding a slight twist to each.
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