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Not a Monolith, but a Multiplicity

By: Amy R. Martin July 31, 2023July 30, 2023

ReviewsCraig Renaud, Documentary, PBS, Southern StorytellersLeave a Comment

A review of “Southern Storytellers,” a documentary series on contemporary Southern artists on PBS.

“The Apartment” Explores How People Create Homes and Foster Community

By: Jessi Rae Morton July 28, 2023July 26, 2023

ReviewsAna Menéndez, Counterpoint Press, Fiction, The ApartmentLeave a Comment

Author Ana Menéndez creates the history of Apartment 2B, showing the kind of communities we might build if we included those who came before us.

Surreal, Gritty Realism in Drew Buxton’s “So Much Heart”

By: Mary Miller July 25, 2023July 24, 2023

InterviewsDrew Buxton, Short Stories, So Much Heart, With an X Books1 Comment

An interview with Drew Buxton on his new short story collection, “So Much Heart.”

A True Story of Institutional American Racism: Len Lawson’s “Negro Asylum for the Lunatic Insane”

By: Rachel Lutwick-Deaner July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

ReviewsLen Lawson, Main Street Rag Publishing Co, Negro Asylum for the Lunatic Insane, PoetryLeave a Comment

A review of Len Lawson’s collection of poetry, “Negro Asylum for the Lunatic Insane.”

The Presence of Absence in Hybrid Memoir “Disequilibria”

By: Claire O'Brien July 21, 2023July 18, 2023

ReviewsDisequilibria, Memoir, Nonfiction, Review, Robert Lunday, University of New Mexico PressLeave a Comment

A review of “Disequilibria: Meditations on Missingness” by Robert Lunday.

Community, Friendship, and Belonging Anchor “Wonder State”: An Interview with Sara Flannery Murphy

By: Jennette Holzworth July 18, 2023July 18, 2023

InterviewsFiction, Interview, Novel, Sara Flannery Murphy, The Wonder StateLeave a Comment

Sara Flannery Murphy debates art as calling or curse in this conversation about her third novel.

Absence, Possibility, and Power: A Poet-on-Poet Interview with Stacey Balkun and C.T. Salazar

By: Stacey Balkun July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

InterviewsC.T. Salazar, Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking, Poet-on-Poet Interview, Poetry, Stacey Balkun, Sweetbitter3 Comments

A conversation between Stacy Balkun and C.T. Salazar on language and landscape.

The Best Southern Books of July 2023

By: Chelsea Risley July 14, 2023September 12, 2023

Featuresbest of the monthLeave a Comment

The best books of July 2023!

Wanderlust, Reinvention and Authenticity in “With Hawks and Angels”

By: Toby LeBlanc July 12, 2023July 10, 2023

ReviewsFiction, Joel Lafayette Fletcher III, University Press of Mississippi, With Hawks and AngelsLeave a Comment

Joel Lafayette Fletcher III recounts his adventures finding himself as a gay man in a time when it could get him killed in this memoir.

Fanning the Flames with Cathy Ulrich’s “Small, Burning Things”

By: Bradley Sides July 10, 2023July 5, 2023

InterviewsCathy Ulrich, Fiction, Interview, Okay Donkey Press, Short Stories, Small Burning ThingsLeave a Comment

Bradley Sides interview Cathy Ulrich about her new collection of short stories, “Small, Burning Things.”