A collection of some of the best Southern poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of July 2025.
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The Southern Summer Book Club: “Behind the Waterline”
The first edition of The Southern Summer Book Club with Bradley Sides focusing on Kionna Walker LeMalle’s novel, “Behind the Waterline.”
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Walk A Few Hundred Pages in Someone Else’s Shoes
SRB Editor Jennette Holzworth talks about seven books that offer readers an opportunity to walk in someone else’s shoes.
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Books to Celebrate in June 2025
Celebrate Pride by reading one of the queer Southern fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books published in the first half of 2025.
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Death and Ice Storms In and Around “Bodock”
Author Robert Busby writes about the making of his new short story collection, “Bodock.”
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Join the Southern Summer Book Club
The SRB crew and Bradley Sides invite you to read along with us!
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The Best Southern Books of May 2025
A roundup of the best new Southern releases in May 2025.
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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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Quit Lit: A Reading List
SRB editor Anna Harris-Parker rounds up some resources for making a major transition out of academia.
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Real Southern Lives
SRB Editor Spencer Pennington rounds up 6 books that embrace what makes the South special.
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