Author Archives: TSR

Dina Nayeri’s story, “Pleasures, Again,” appears in the Winter 2025 issue of The Southern Review. Here, she discusses the relationship between our emotions and ourselves, and how to focus on the joys of writing. This interview was transcribed from audio recordings. Halley McArn: The narrator of this story is a woman in her forties experiencing newfound […]

Lia Purpura’s essay, “My Dog Doesn’t Know It’s Her Birthday,” appears in the Winter 2025 issue of The Southern Review. Here, she discusses ways of knowing, the roughness of cared-for language, and the imperative of forming relationships in an imperiled world. Halley McArn: As the narrator of this essay stands on the edge of Lake […]

Joanna Pearson’s story, “Bold Moves”, appears in the winter 2025 issue of The Southern Review. Here she discusses transcendence, scathing narrators, and what writing helps us understand about ourselves. Halley McArn: Sylvie’s anxiety about giving a reading as a feminist poet in the Deep South is palpable! Why did you choose to set this story at […]

The Southern Review is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Literary Translation, 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 […]

Adam Stumacher’s story, “Supercharger,” appears in the Autumn 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here he discusses the need for speed, the similarities between teaching and writing, and how the COVID-19 pandemic reveals our most profound vulnerabilities. Halley McArn: Jordan seems most interested in getting a supercharger so that he can boost the speed of his […]