Author Archives: TSR
A Writer’s Insight: Suphil Lee Park
Suphil Lee Park’s story, Rooted Out, appears in the Spring 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here Park explores the nature of cultural exchange and lineage within one’s own family and how she established the distinct environment and folklore in her story. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: There’s a comparison in your story that I found […]
A Writer’s Insight: Victor Wei Ke Yang
Victor Wei Ke Yang’s story, “Chicken,” appears in the winter 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here, he discusses, the process of writing a story about codependent addictions, revision, and balancing complex narrative tensions. This story has a lot of ambitious threads in it that I found were weaved wonderfully throughout: the gambling addiction, the […]
A Writer’s Insight: Nuraina Satpayeva and Slava Faybysh
Nuraina Satpayeva’s story, “Qará”, translated by Slava Faybysh, appears in the winter 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here Satpayeva discusses Qazaq culture and the connection to land and the Ustyurt that influences her writing, and Faybysh speaks on the fun, if complicated, nuances that arise from translating Qazaq literature. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: What […]
A Writer’s Insight: Shraya Singh
Shraya Singh’s story, “The Chicken Shop”, appears in the winter 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here she discusses how Hindu-Muslim conflict impacts childhood, especially in the early 2000s, the realities of cleaning chicken, and deep, platonic childhood love. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: The religious turmoil between Hindu and Muslim communities in this piece is […]
A Writer’s Insight: Molly Gott
Molly Gott’s story, “Napa Valley Inn and Spa”, appears in the autumn 2023 issue of The Southern Review. Here she discusses how the story evolved to its current state and how tragedy makes the bitterest of friends. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: I was fascinated by how you pit Elissa’s many selves against each other; who […]