The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2023.
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All articles filed in Poetry
“Desire Museum”: A Curated Study in Longing
Danielle Cadena Duelen’s latest poetry collection reads with immediacy and importance, yet unhurried.
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The Best Southern Books of November 2023
The best Southern books of November 2023.
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The “Words We Teach Our Daughters”: Nuha Fariha’s “God Mornings, Tiger Nights”
A review of Nuha Fariha’s collection of poetry, “God Mornings, Tiger Nights.”
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Poet Rodney Jones Goes Home Again in “Alabama: Poems”
“The shame of provenance is not genetic. It is installed like electricity.”
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“Rivers,” a Guide for the Displaced
Narratives of water and women flow through Victoria María Castells’ collection of poems.
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Vivid Emotional Texture in “Lo”
A review of Melissa Crowe’s poetry collection, “Lo,” winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize.
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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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“The Beauty of Small Presses Is That They Are Small, Especially in Their Attentions”: an Interview with Han VanderHart of River River Books
An interview with Han VanderHart about their poetry at River River Books.
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The Best Southern Books of August 2023
The best Southern books of August 2023.
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