Southern Review of Books

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Clark, “Graveyard Shift” is Perfectly Chilling, “Little Ones” Blurs Lines Between Graphic Narratives and Prose, The Best Southern Books of October 2024, The World’s Ending Every Day: A Conversation With Evan Gray About Thickets Swamped in Fence-Coated Briars, The Allure of Multiverses, A Family, and Nation’s, Search for Self in “A Reason to See You Again”, Mystic Family Rituals Break Down in “The Bog Wife”, The Good Brings the Bad in “Still Life”, In ‘Hello Down There,’ Addiction Is a Metaphor That Questions Language and Daily Life, The Best Southern Books of November 2024, Rescue or Kidnapping in “Two-Step Devil”, The Calculus of Desire and Faith: An Interview with Jessie van Eerden, Rerelease of Scott McClanahan’s ‘Crapalachia’ Reopens Connection with Place, Running From, and Finding, Peace in Erik Reece’s “Kingfisher Blues”, “No One Gets to Fall Apart” Is an Unflinching Look at Mental Illness, Trauma, and Belonging, In “Magicicada,” A Voice Long Buried Emerges and Sings, “Swamp”: A Historical Novel Full of Symbolism, Metaphor, Abuse and Escape in “The End of Tennessee”, “Bomb Island” a Heart-Pounding Read Rich with Symbolism, An Awareness of Language and Self-Granted Permission: An Interview with Monica Brashears, “Nola Face”: A Bold and ‘Buggy’ Debut, Mark Powell Presents the”The Late Rebellion” of a Modern Southern Family, On Family, Mangos, and AP Style: An Interview with Annabelle Tometich, “Rainbow Black”: Must-Read Crime Slash Love Story, Charming Titles for Cozying Up, “The Beauty of Small Presses Is That They Are Small, Especially in Their Attentions”: an Interview with Han VanderHart of River River Books, “What you see in popular culture is wrong: “An Interview with Ron Rash on Caring for Appalachia Through Fiction.