A review of Teresa Tumminello Brader’s book, “Letting in Air and Light.”
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2023 Staff Favorites
The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2023.
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Will the Feminist Revolt Come from the South?: Kiera V. Williams’ “Why Any Woman”
In “Why Any Woman: Feminism and Popular Culture in the Late Twentieth-Century South,” Keira V. Williams explores popular culture by and about southern women as a site of feminist consciousness-raising.
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“The Dirty South” Questions Popular Conceptions of the South
“The Dirty South” by James A. Crank offers an alternative to the exploitative and misleading nature of our popular and academic understanding of the South.
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Hurricane Visions in Maya Golden’s “The Return Trip”
A review of Maya Golden’s “The Return Trip.”
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The Best Southern Books of November 2023
The best Southern books of November 2023.
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The Inner Turmoil of Trapping Florida Poachers in ‘Gator Country’
Journalist Rebecca Renner recounts the experience of the undercover FWC officer at the center of Operation Alligator Thief with “cinematic” descriptions of South Florida swampland.
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A Cast of Characters Keeps “Stone Motel” Up and Running
This Queer coming-of-age story explores themes of work, family, grief and more.
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The Mechanics of the Death Penalty, Vividly Depicted By Men In Its Grip
An interview with the curator of “Ghosts Over the Boiler,” a collection of poetry and prose written by men on Alabama’s death row.
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Holler Life and Performance Art in “Holler Rat”
Anya Liftig’s memoir, “Holler Rat,” is unflinching and gut-punch funny.
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