A review of Stacey Gordon’s novel, “The Pearl Farmers.”
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A Study of the Complexities of Love in “The Tulip Poplars”
A review of Silas House’s latest novel, an epic Appalachian romance called “The Tulip Poplars.”
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Three Sisters Bristle Over the Family Business in “The Pearl Farmers”
By Women, About Women: Six Examples of Great Writing Across the Genres
SRB editor Victoria Ward puts together a list of 6 of great books written by women.
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A Final Encouragement to Return to Community
A review of the late Wendell Berry’s essay collection, “Dispatches from Rural America.”
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All the Birds and All the Grief in “All That Teethes Within”
Rooted in the Appalachian landscape, Kari Gunter-Seymour’s poems find beauty and refuge in the natural world while grappling with devastating loss.
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Horror Movies of the Mind: Nick Medina’s “Savage Lake”
A review of Nick Medina’s latest novel, “Savage Lake.”
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The Fractured Selves of Christopher Linforth’s “Directory”
This collection of forty-one fragmented stories blur the boundaries between individual and collective identity.
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A Volcano Grows in Alabama
What is beautiful in the South is reintroduced to the reader of Bradley Sides’ “The Volcano Keeper.”
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The Best Southern Books of October 2026
Check out this month’s batch of new Southern poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
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Musical, Moving “Partita” is Revelatory
A review of Barbara Kingsolver’s “Partita.”
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A Revival After 16 Years: “New Stories From the South”
“New Stories From the South” makes its return after a sixteen-year hiatus with a new home at Blair.
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