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Mary Oliver (1935-2019)
The Southern Review is saddened to hear of the passing of longtime contributor Mary Oliver. In celebration of her writing, today we remember her poem “The Orchard.” Click the link below to read the poem. “The Orchard” by Mary Oliver from our autumn 2007 issue. Read the New York Times obituary here.
The Southern Review Welcomes Sacha Idell as New Coeditor and Prose Editor
LSU Press and The Southern Review are pleased to announce the appointment of Sacha Idell as the new coeditor and prose editor for the esteemed literary journal. Originally from Northern California, Idell has called both Japan and New York home before earning his MFA from the University of Arkansas where he was a Walton Fellow […]
Throwback: “Legends of the Seoul Dogs” by R. O. Kwon (Winter 2012)
As a special Thursday Throwback treat, we invite you to read “Legends of the Seoul Dogs” by R.O. Kwon. The story first appeared in our 2012 winter issue. Click here to read the story. R. O. Kwon is the author of the novel The Incendiaries (July 2018), and is a National Endowment for the Arts […]
Summer of Love
Where the exceptional and broad-minded meet an appreciation for the local and undiscovered, there lies the beauty of what The Southern Review offers its readers. The aesthetic of our quarterly extends well beyond regional tropes but is indebted to iconic southern writers like Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks. The journal’s operation is small, but […]
A Writer’s Insight: Nick Fuller Googins
Nick Fuller Googins’s “Motivated Individuals” appears in the spring 2018 issue of The Southern Review. Here, he discusses the intersection of fiction and politics in his work, the delicate balance between irony and sincerity, and his suspiciously detailed knowledge of how to build a DIY detonator from nothing but a clock radio and a lightbulb. […]