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“The Essential C.D. Wright”: A Labor of Love

By: Piper Rasmussen May 19, 2025May 18, 2025

ReviewsC.D. Wright, Copper Canyon, The Essential C.D. WrightLeave a Comment

A review of “The Essential C.D. Wright,” a collection of excerpted works by C.D. Wright, edited by Forrest Gander and Michael Wiegers.

Join the Southern Summer Book Club

By: Chelsea Risley May 17, 2025May 17, 2025

Featuressouthernsummerbookclub1 Comment

The SRB crew and Bradley Sides invite you to read along with us!

The Best Southern Books of May 2025

By: Chelsea Risley May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Featuresbest of the monthLeave a Comment

A roundup of the best new Southern releases in May 2025.

Rivers of Memory in Nightshining

By: Rachel Lutwick-Deaner May 14, 2025May 12, 2025

ReviewsJennifer Kabat, Milkweed Editions, Nightshining, NonfictionLeave a Comment

A review of “Nightshining” by Jennifer Kabat.

Yearning as Motion: A Conversation with Marisa Crane

By: Mesha Maren May 13, 2025May 12, 2025

InterviewsA Sharp Endless Need, Fiction, Marisa Crane, The Dial PressLeave a Comment

An interview with Marisa Crane on motion, the early 2000s, and their new novel, “A Sharp Endless Need.”

Ruin, Repair, and Keeping On: An Interview with Rebecca Lindenberg

By: Lara Boyle May 12, 2025May 12, 2025

InterviewsOur Splendid Failure to Do the Impossible, Poetry, Rebecca LindenbergLeave a Comment

An interview with poet Rebecca Lindenberg on her latest collection, “Our Splendid Failure to Do the Impossible.”

“Soaked” Stories Explore Humanity’s Adaptability to Climate, Each Other

By: Nicole Yurcaba May 9, 2025May 12, 2025

ReviewsCornerstone Press, Fiction, Soaked, Toby LeBlancLeave a Comment

A review of Toby LeBlanc’s debut story collection.

“This is about Solace and Opportunity”: A Conversation with Georgann Eubanks

By: Rachel Lutwick-Deaner May 7, 2025May 8, 2025

InterviewsGeorgann Eubanks, Interview, Nonfiction, Poetry, Rural Astronomy, The Fabulous OrdinaryLeave a Comment

An interview with Georgann Eubanks about two forthcoming publications, “Rural Astronomy” and “The Fabulous Ordinary.”

“World Without End” Unveils a World with Hope (Still)

By: Toby LeBlanc May 5, 2025May 3, 2025

ReviewsEssays, Hub City Press, Martha Park, Nonfiction, World Without End1 Comment

A review of Martha Park’s essay collection, “World Without End: Essays on Apocalypse and After.”

The Intimacy of Comics: An Interview with Craig Thompson

By: Lara Boyle May 2, 2025

Interviewscomic, Craig Thompson, Ginseng Roots, graphic novel, Memoir, NonfictionLeave a Comment

An interview with cartoonist and author Craig Thompson about “Ginseng Roots.”