An interview with North Carolina poet Destiny Hemphill on her first full-length collection, “motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life.”
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Resilience and Fortitude Prevail in “Gay Poems for Red States”
Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr.’s work reminds readers that the pursuit of positive changes in society are necessary and forever in development.
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Margaret Ray on Thunderstorms, Witness, and Florida
An interview with Margaret Ray on her new collection, “Good Grief, the Ground.”
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A Hauntingly Beautiful Collection: Courtney LeBlanc on “Her Whole Bright Life”
An interview with poet Courtney LeBlanc.
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A Texan Renaissance
A roundup of some of the best of Texas’ literary scene.
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The Best Southern Books of April 2023
A roundup of recent and forthcoming Southern poetry collections.
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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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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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