The New Orleans literary landscape is rich, but Brooke Champagne’s memoir fills a gap in the Big Easy canon.
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An Awareness of Language and Self-Granted Permission: An Interview with Monica Brashears
A conversation with Monica Brashears about “House of Cotton” and the Southern gothic novel.
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The Best Southern Books of April 2024
A roundup of new Southern poetry titles coming out in April 2024.
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“The Act of Direct Address Is One of Gratitude”: an Interview with Rachel Edelman
An interview between Erin Hoover and Rachel Edelman about Edelman’s new poetry collection, “Dear Memphis.”
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“Stealing” Is Astute, Sensitive, and Relevant
A review of Margaret Verble’s novel, “Stealing,” now out in paperback.
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Andrew Boryga Asks How Much Fabrication is Allowable in Fiction in “Victim”
Victimhood is a complex subject, one with the capacity to instill empathy and create connection to the misfortunes of others, though sometimes accompanied by the stigma of helplessness. As Andrew Boryga’s novel Victim shows, it is a liability that can damage a life but can also be reclaimed as an asset to be unjustly exploited. Victim is the…
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Feeding the Ghosts: Ancestral Offerings and New Growth
Rahul Mehta’s new poetry collection closely examines lived experience by way of metaphor, narrative, juxtaposition and observation.
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Challenging Southern Masculinity in “The Last Saturday in America”
Poet Ray McManus explores the trend of how masculinity is defined in his latest collection.
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Cosmetic Surgery and Quiet Violence On Board in Lindsey Harding’s “Pilgrims 2.0”
“Pilgrims 2.0” is a stunning portrayal of desperation that holds buoyancy in its empathy and finds brutality in asking where the line of violence is drawn or if, perhaps, the line has been drawn too late.
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Miracles and Horrors Abound in “The Last Philosopher in Texas”
Equal parts surreal and sharp, devastating and delightful, Daniel Chacón’s “The Last Philosopher in Texas” has something for everyone.
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