“The Cracks We Bear” by Catalina Infante (translated by Michelle Mirabella) asks incisive questions about mothering, both the act of being mothered and that of becoming one.
Read More
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.
Read More
A review of the Broadway play, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow.”
Read More
At the core of this collection is Wade’s complex relationship with his father, whose presence is at once both painful and familiar.
Read More
An interview with poet Asa Drake on her collection, “Maybe the Body.”
Read More
“It is sad to not have a mother… But sadness is one thing. Grief is another.”
Read More
A roundup of some of the best Southern books released in February 2026.
Read More
A review of Jeff Pearlman’s “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.”
Read More
For fans of Yaa Gyasi and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, this novel’s fresh and poignant writing is storytelling at its finest.
Read More
An interview with Lolita Stewart-White about her poetry collection, “black frag/ments.”
Read More
Michelle Peñaloza’s second full-length collection, “All the Words I Can Remember Are Poems,” reminds us of the function of poems: to record, to remember, to share.
Read More
Southern Review of Books 