Check out some of the best new Southern releases of January 2024.
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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.
2023 Staff Favorites
The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2023.
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The Best Southern Books of November 2023
The best Southern books of November 2023.
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The Best Southern Books of October 2023
New Southern releases in October 2023.
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Griot & Grey Owl Aims to Inspire, Connect, and Transform
An interview with the folks behind the Griot & Grey Owl Black Southern Writers Conference.
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The Best Southern Books of September 2023
The best Southern fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of September 2023.
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The Best Southern Books of August 2023
The best Southern books of August 2023.
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The Best Southern Books of July 2023
The best books of July 2023!
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Books to Celebrate in June 2023
A roundup of some of the LGBTQ+ Southern authors and books from the last year.
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The Best Southern Books of May 2023
The best Southern fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of May 2023.
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