Author Archives: Jessica Faust
The Southern Review Approaches Eighty and the Autumn Issue Is Now Available
We have just returned to school, or at least I keep telling myself that, and yet it is already October, well into the new school year. Despite the quick passing of the days, the second half of August and all of September did not go unnoticed, as our submissions period opened September 1, with a […]
World Cup and TSR Fever: It’s Going Around
It’s almost mid-July, which I cannot believe. The summer passes so quickly. It’s been relatively quiet on campus—most of the students are on break, there’s a few movies being filmed in and around LSU’s lovely, oak-shaded quad, and even the employee parking lots have spots available occasionally. No one seems to be in much of […]
The Spring 2014 Issue of The Southern Review, National Poetry Month, and Taxes: All Paths Lead to Pharrell Williams
An advance copy of the spring 2014 issue, adorned with glorious birds—the vibrant colored pencil and watercolor work of artist Mary Lee Eggart—sits next to me on my desk this morning. As I write this, we’re midway through April. Tax day has passed earlier this week, and the entire month, since 1996, has been declared […]
A busy season at The Southern Review
It’s been a busy time at The Southern Review. The journal staff will, once again, be at AWP at the end of the month. If you are in Seattle attending, please visit us at Bookfair booth 1304. We are currently in the thick of copyediting the spring issue, set to feature new poems by Bonnie […]
¡Más!
I was recently joking with my daughter’s father after seeing the usual Keep Christ in Christmas reminders that she actually keeps the “mas” in Christmas, that is, the Spanish “más”: more. Like a lot of five year olds who are also only children, she received an abundance of gifts (to understate) from Santa at both […]