Stephanie Soileau’s new novel, “Should the Waters Take Us,” is an all-encompassing epoch that spans generations, geography, and even climate.
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A review of Justin Wymer’s poetry collection, “Let the Forest Go.”
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The third installment of our Southern Summer Book Club features Spencer K.M. Brown’s “Slow Fire.”
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Check out this non-exhaustive list of the best Southern books of July 2026.
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From teenage friendship and class inequality to comedy and the long road to publication, Richardson reflects on the ideas and experiences that shaped Paradise Pawn.
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A review of Scott McClanahan’s newest book, “Fights!”
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Check out the second installment of the 2026 Southern Summer Book Club with Bradley Sides and Tommy Hays!
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A review of Mark Haber’s novel “Ava.”
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A review of Katriona Chapman’s newest graphic novel, “The Pass.”
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Lee Cole’s sophomore novel, “Fulfillment,” drops readers directly into the political, class, and economic divides wrenching America apart, unspooled through a story about two half-brothers from a family with deep roots in Kentucky.
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Through leaps and revelations, the speaker of Angela Ball’s poems in her new collection, “Steeplechase,” shows how the boundaries between places don’t really separate them but shape how they come into relation with one another.
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