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Fiction Feature

"Whales" by Coleen Muir


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"The Cavern of Painted Darkness" by Stephen Pett

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"Haruspex" by Eric Laster


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"Cooking Show" by Amy Stuber

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Interview: Maria Kuznetsova

Maria Kuznetsova, the new fiction editor for Southern Humanities Review, discusses her novels, what she looks for in good fiction, and the stories she’s excited to share in issue 53.4.

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Witness Prize 2020 Honorable Mentions

Poems of witness from Amy Elisabeth Davis, torrin a. greathouse, Leslie McIntosh, Ojo Taiye, and JinJin Xu.

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Fiction Feature

​"Heedless of the Wind and Weather" by George Choundas


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A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia: Teaching Tips and Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompts and tips for those using A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia ​in the classroom.

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Sayantani Dasgupta in Conversation with Rheea Mukherjee

SHR contributors Sayantani Dasgupta and Rheea Mukherjee discuss Mukherjee's novel The Body Myth.


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Interview: Dewaine Farria
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SHR 53.1 contributor Dewaine Farria discusses his story, "The Tap Cascade," and his forthcoming novel Revolutions of All Colors (Syracuse University Press).

​"Middling" by Janelle Bassett


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Interview: Lia Greenwell
A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia Feature
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SHR 52.4 contributor Lia Greenwell discusses trauma, the stranglehold of fear, and both the limitations and possibilities of form and genre.

Southern Humanities Review Editor Rose McLarney shares select poems* from this collection recently published by University of Georgia Press. Poems from Melissa Range, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Nickole Brown, Adrian Blevins, L. Lamar Wilson, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Sean Hill, Holly Haworth, Molly McCully Brown, Susan O'Dell Underwood, and Deborah Miranda showcase the wide and poetic biodiversity of the region.

*all poems re-printed with the permission of University of Georgia Press

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Witness Prize 2019 Honorable Mentions
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Poems of witness from Mary Angelino, BJ Buckley, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Tatiana M.R. Johnson, and Matthew Wimberley

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"Downpour" by Elizabeth Hamilton


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Interview: Dante Di Stefano
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Dante Di Stefano, winner of the 2019 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize judged by Vievee Francis, discusses his award-winning poem "Burning Churches," its themes and inspirations, and the importance of bearing witness.

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"Marisol" by Leah Fretwell


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I Got a Sign from New Orleans Herself: A Conversation with Jerika Marchan by Katharine Coldiron

Katharine Coldiron sits down with Jerika Marchan to discuss her poetry collection, SWOLE​. 

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Interview: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Emerging writer Talia Lakshmi Kolluri talks animal conservation, non-human main characters, cross-species grief, the fluidity of time, and leading with kindness.


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"Remembrance" by Anuja Varghese

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"To Savor" by Lee Upton

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Interview: Matthew Neill Null

Matthew Neill Null, author of Allegheny Front and Honey From the Lion, discusses his piece in SHR 52.1, the spectacle of public shaming, and the struggle to produce fresh work.

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Alabama Poets: Jason McCall, Janet McAdams, and Ashley Jones

A collection of poetry from three of the state's most accomplished poets. Poetry of the body, of history, of place.


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You Are the Traffic: An Interview with J. D. Daniels

​Lisa Wells talks with J. D. Daniels about his book The Correspondence

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Totally Unironic Conversations with the Moon

Essays and poems from writers defending our right to marvel: Hannah Fries, Cecilia Llompart, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Cecily Parks


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Poetry and The New Black Masculinity

An online symposium featuring essays by Ross Gay, Kevin Simonds, and Danez Smith

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After Lorca

Six poets respond to the work of Federico Garcia Lorca. Featuring Natalie Peeterse, Miles Waggener, Eduardo Chirinos, Amy Ratto Parks, and others.


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Of Rivers

Poets respond to Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” Featuring Jericho Brown, Derrick Harriell, Sandra Lim, Chiyuma Elliott, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Katie Peterson, and more.

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Undocumented Writers

A collection of writing from the undocumented experience, with an introduction by guest editor Christopher Soto of Undocupoets. Featuring Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Javier Zamora, Janine Joseph, Rossy Lima, Claudia D. Hernandez, & others.


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Under-the-radar Trends in Contemporary American Poetry

Essays by Rachel Richardson, David Roderick, Tomás Q. Morín, Paul Otremba, and Shara Lessley

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Teaching Citizen

Essays from the front lines of the classroom. Helping you bring Claudia Rankine's award-winning Citizen: An American Lyric to your students.

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