Southern Review of Books

Our second book club interview for this year features Tommy Hays chatting with Bradley Sides about his recent novel, The Marriage Bed. If you missed Bradley’s introduction to the book, don’t forget to check it out before you watch.

As much as...

The European tyrant defined by pettiness and cruelty is a rich canvas for a writer. From Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall to John Williams’ Augustus, authors keep returning to royals with unmatched wealth and shackled to hereditary responsibility. Add a teaspoon of idiocy and you’ve got a dynamic vehicle for exploring the ways power not only corrupts the soul but p...

In the recent boom of South Louisiana literature like Behind the Waterline, Berceuse Parish, and Pearce Oysters, this region has had its stories told from many angles. In Stephanie Soileau’s new novel Should the Waters Take Us, Louisia...

Katriona Chapman’s latest, tender-hearted, character driven graphic novel The Pass has all the ingredients for a great comic: a gorgeous, painterly art style that depicts the intimacy of everyday moments with an eye for realism, an overworked chef whose...

Lee Cole’s sophomore novel, Fulfillment, drops readers directly into the political, class, and economic divides wrenching America apart, unspooled through a story about two half-brothers from a family with deep roots in Kentucky. While ...