Author Erica Abrams Locklear explores a cultural history of Appalachian foodways.
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The Best Southern Books of April 2023
A roundup of recent and forthcoming Southern poetry collections.
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Weeding out Gender Inequity in Katy Simpson Smith’s “The Weeds”
A review of Katy Simpson Smith’s new novel “The Weeds.”
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“Shapeshifting as Magic”: An Interview with Jessica Q. Stark
Florida poet Jessica Q. Stark discusses her latest book, Buffalo Girl, with Erin Hoover.
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“Freedom House” Imagines a House for All
A review of KB Brookins’ volume of poetry, “Freedom House.”
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Solace After Tragedy, in “This Isn’t Going to End Well”
The author Daniel Wallace explores what drove the brother-in-law he idolized to commit suicide.
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Poetry that Refuses to Settle: Denton Loving’s “Tamp”
A review of “Tamp” by Denton Loving.
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Mass for Shut-Ins Captures “Both Hell and Magic on Earth”
A review of the 117th volume of the Yale Younger Series of Younger Poets Prize.
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Strippers are Powerful in “P-Valley”
A review of the television series “P-Valley.”
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The Various Routes and Roots in Janice Pariat’s “Everything the Light Touches”
At its core, “Everything the Light Touches” is about journeying to see “commonplace” things in a “new light,” a necessity not just for the protagonists in the text but for the human species at large,
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