An interview with Matthew Hubbard on “The Rebel’s Guide to Pride.”
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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.
The Best Southern Books of April 2025
Check out this roundup of new Southern releases with a special focus on poetry for April!
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The Best Southern Books of March 2025
A roundup of some of the best Southern books of March 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of February 2025
Some of the best new books by Black authors coming out in February 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of January 2025
Check out this roundup of some of the best new Southern releases.
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2024 Staff Favorites
The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2024.
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The Best Southern Books of November 2024
A roundup of books with Southern connections released in November 2024.
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The Best Southern Books of October 2024
A roundup of new books with Southern connections released this month.
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The Best Southern Books of September 2024
A roundup of some of the best new Southern releases of September 2024.
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“Greater Ghost” Connects Death and the “Intimate Relationship One Has with the Body and the World”
An interview with poet Christian J. Collier on his full-length poetry collection, “Greater Ghost.”
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