A roundup of some of October 2025’s best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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Cults, Climate Crisis, and Community in Delaney Nolan’s “Happy Bad”
What would have felt, twenty years ago, like a fairly extreme climate apocalypse novel reads like tomorrow’s news, or even yesterday’s.
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‘Anchor in a Sea of Time’ Exemplifies the Fine Art of Changing One’s Mind
A review of author Stephen Harrigan’s first essay collection since 2013.
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The Heat of Grief and the Catharsis of Loss in “What Remains After a Fire”
Kanza Javed’s debut burns bright with grief, memory, and unflinching beauty.
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Who’s Afraid of Referencing Pop Culture in Poetry?
A reflection on making pop culture references in poetry by Cloud Delfina Cardona, author of “the past is a jean jacket.”
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“Witty, Nuanced, and Overall Entertaining”: A Conversation with Wes Browne
If you wanna take a hell-ride into central Kentucky, read Wes Browne’s newest novel, “They All Fall the Same.”
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Tending to the Land: Wendell Berry’s “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story”
A review of Wendell Berry’s newest novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story.”
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Radical Emancipation in Joy Harjo’s New Collection
Advice for living abounds in the latest essay collection from poet and jazz musician Joy Harjo.
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Debut Collection Captures the Struggle of Carrying Physical and Emotional Weight
Mary Ardery’s debut poetry collection draws from her experience as a wilderness guide for women recovering from addiction.
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North Carolina Is Haunted by Its Own History in “The Devil’s Done Come Back”
Ghosts seem to know better about who we are and what is right in “The Devil’s Done Come Back”
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Southern Review of Books 