Southern Review of Books

Exploring contemporary literature of the American South & beyond. Published by @QueensMFA. Editor-in-chief @chelsea_risley, founding editor @adamm0rgan.

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You can find us in a lot of other places talking about how books can change the world — see y’all there! 💜📚✨

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Add a November new release to your TBR list!

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Honoring and amplifying Indigenous and other marginalized voices is more important than ever. Books are political, and reading can be a component of activism.

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Don’t let election results defeat you.

You can still make change.

Be the good.

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New interview with @MeshaMaren and Michael Parker on stories, addiction, and the re-release of his novel, HELLO DOWN THERE.

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"A balance of love, hate, and healing... Our past will continue to shape us as we heal and transform into something else entirely."

New review of THE END OF TENNESSEE by Rachel Hanson. @USCPress

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"Like a great artist, Herrera found a story within a larger work and made its color shine so that the whole of the masterpiece – in this case, New Orleans – draws us in deeper." @CajunCalico reviews Yuri Herrera's SEASON OF THE SWAMP, translated by Lisa Dillman. @GraywolfPress

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"At times funny and familiar, and at others raw and complicated, the novel straddles past and present to illuminate queer friendships and the challenges and reliefs that come with grappling with gender identity."

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.@frankiemilktea on THE BOG WIFE: "Riveting, haunting, and gorgeous, a novel about the cycles of life and breaking tradition."

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"The pink push button phone with the receiver off the hook on the cover perfectly encapsulates the frustrations and missed connections throughout the story that accompany the family communication."

@birkett_morris reviews A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN by Jami Attenberg. @eccobooks

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"I began to think about my own consumption of stories with parallel universes, alternate timelines, time travel, and what-ifs." SRB Editor @martinamyr rounds up some of her favorite multiverse books and TV.
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Ashleigh Bryant Phillips and Evan Gray on North Carolina, how class affects art, and playing word games in church.

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October is ideal for porch-sitting-with-a-book. Check out these new releases!

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JONATHAN ABERNATHY, YOU ARE KIND is out in paperback today! Check out our interview with author @mollymcghee and grab your copy! @astrahousebooks

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"Grey Wolfe LaJoie’s debut story collection, Little Ones, mixes fairy tales, fables, and the bizarre for one wholly original and quite dazzling book."

Bradley Sides reviews LITTLE ONES by Grey Wolfe LaJoie. @HubCityPress

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Interview with @jesselkercheval in @southrevbooks talking all things FRENCH GIRL!

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