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“Thick with Trouble” is also Rich with Mystique

By: Nicole Yurcaba January 24, 2024January 23, 2024

ReviewsAmber McBride, Poetry, Review, Thick with TroubleLeave a Comment

In this poetry collection, “a chorus of unapologetic women” are the vehicle for examining America’s fraught history.

“I Was Searching for Something in Nature to Affirm my Identity”: An Interview with Jennifer Conlon

By: Erin Hoover January 17, 2024January 21, 2024

InterviewsAutumn House Press, Interview, Jennifer Conlon, Not Abandon but Abide, Poetry, Taking to Water1 Comment

An interview with Jennifer Conlon about their debut poetry collection, “Taking to Water.”

The Best Southern Books of January 2024

By: Chelsea Risley January 16, 2024January 15, 2024

Featuresbest of the month, Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction, PoetryLeave a Comment

Check out some of the best new Southern releases of January 2024.

“there is moon enough still // to walk home by:” A review of John Hoppenthaler’s “Night Wing Over Metropolitan Area”

By: Nicole Yurcaba January 8, 2024January 5, 2024

ReviewsJohn Hoppenthaler, Night Wing Over Metropolitan Area, PoetryLeave a Comment

A review of John Hoppenthaler’s new collection of poetry, “Night Wing Over Metropolitan Area.”

2023 Staff Favorites

By: Chelsea Risley December 29, 2023December 29, 2023

FeaturesFiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, staff picksLeave a Comment

The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2023.

“Desire Museum”: A Curated Study in Longing

By: Kate Valach December 27, 2023December 27, 2023

ReviewsBOA Editions, Danielle Cadena Duelen, Desire Museum, Poetry, Review2 Comments

Danielle Cadena Duelen’s latest poetry collection reads with immediacy and importance, yet unhurried.

The Best Southern Books of November 2023

By: Chelsea Risley November 16, 2023November 15, 2023

Featuresbest of the month, Fiction, Nonfiction, PoetryLeave a Comment

The best Southern books of November 2023.

The “Words We Teach Our Daughters”: Nuha Fariha’s “God Mornings, Tiger Nights”

By: Nicole Yurcaba November 10, 2023November 1, 2023

ReviewsGod Mornings Tiger Nights, Nuha Fariha, Poetry, ReviewLeave a Comment

A review of Nuha Fariha’s collection of poetry, “God Mornings, Tiger Nights.”

Poet Rodney Jones Goes Home Again in “Alabama: Poems”

By: Katharine Armbrester October 24, 2023September 28, 2023

ReviewsAlabama: Poems, louisiana state university press, Poetry, Rodney Jones1 Comment

“The shame of provenance is not genetic. It is installed like electricity.”

“Rivers,” a Guide for the Displaced

By: Niya Holland October 4, 2023

ReviewsPoetry, Review, The Rivers Are Inside Our Homes, Victoria María CastellsLeave a Comment

Narratives of water and women flow through Victoria María Castells’ collection of poems.