The best Southern fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of May 2023.
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All articles filed in Chelsea Risley
Chelsea Risley is a writer and floral designer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Review of Books and has an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. Her work has appeared in Juked, Barrelhouse Magazine, Pidgeonholes, Kissing Dynamite, Lunch Ticket, and the Phi Kappa Phi Forum.
Margaret Ray on Thunderstorms, Witness, and Florida
An interview with Margaret Ray on her new collection, “Good Grief, the Ground.”
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The Best Southern Books of April 2023
A roundup of recent and forthcoming Southern poetry collections.
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The Best Southern Books of March 2023
The best Southern books of March 2023.
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The Best Southern Books of February 2023
A roundup of February 2023’s best Southern books.
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Gabrielle Bates on Interiority and Indebtedness to the Image
An interview with poet Gabrielle Bates on her debut collection, “Judas Goat.”
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The Best Southern Books of January 2023
The best Southern fiction, poetry, and nonfiction of January 2023.
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2022 Staff Favorites
The editorial team looks back on their favorite books they read in the last year.
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The Best Southern Books of November 2022
The best Southern fiction, poetry, and nonfiction of November 2022.
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The Best Southern Books of October 2022
The best Southern books of October 2022.
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