The best Southern books of March 2026.
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All articles filed in Chelsea Risley
Chelsea Risley is a writer, editor, and floral designer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is the Executive Director of SoLit and Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Review of Books. She has an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, and her work has appeared in Juked, Barrelhouse Magazine, Pidgeonholes, Kissing Dynamite, Lunch Ticket, and the Phi Kappa Phi Forum.
“Maybe the Body” Explores Personal and Political Connections to Place
An interview with poet Asa Drake on her collection, “Maybe the Body.”
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The Best Southern Books of February 2026
A roundup of some of the best Southern books released in February 2026.
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The Best Southern Books of January 2026
A roundup of the best new Southern releases of January 2026.
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2025 Staff Favorites
The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2025.
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Books to Celebrate in December 2025
A non-exhaustive list of queer Southern books published in the second half of 2025.
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The Best Books of November 2025
A roundup of the best Southern books of November 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of October 2025
A roundup of some of October 2025’s best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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The Best Southern Books of September 2025
A collection of some of the best Southern poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of September 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of August 2025
A roundup of the best new Southern releases in August 2025.
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