Monthly Archives: February 2021

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s poem, “Still Beating,” appears in the Autumn 2020 issue of The Southern Review. Here, she discusses the sacrifices of fig wasps, the sheer enormity of nature, and the decadent pleasures of poetry. Shakirah Peterson, Editorial Assistant: In your poem, you compare yourself to the magical fig wasp. How did you come across the […]

The Southern Review is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry, as well as the James Olney Award. These annual awards, established and funded by the generous support of donors, are presented to contributors in recognition of an exceptional work that appears in the previous […]