Southern Literary Review - A Magazine for Literature of the American South

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Welcome!November 28, 2011 by Allen Mendenhall The Southern Literary Review celebrates southern authors and their contributions to American literature.  We feature the classic writers who have defined southern literature, and we highlight emerging authors through interviews, profiles, and book reviews. In an effort to back independent bookstores and to encourage creativity in the publishing world, SLR is an IndieBound supporter.  Filed Under: General July Read of the Month: “The Archive of Alternative Endings,” by Lindsey DragerJuly 1, 2020 by Donna Meredith Leave a Comment Reviewed by Donna Meredith How to describe it? Exquisite. Literary. Experimental. Perfect in its own unique way, The Archive of Alternative Endings is unlike any other novel I’ve ever read. It’s different. Really different. It doesn’t have a plot, not in the usual sense. The characters don’t invite you to crawl into their skin, walk [ ]Filed Under: Book Reviews, Read of the Month Tagged With: Donna Meredith, Lindsey Drager, The Archive of Alternative EndingsAllen Mendenhall Interviews Jodie Sinclair, Author of Love Behind Bars June 30, 2020 by Allen Mendenhall Leave a Comment AM:  Jodie, so glad to interview you about this important book and subject, and I’m happy that our mutual friend, Joyce Corrington, introduced us. Your new book is Love Behind Bars, bearing the subtitle “The True Story of An American Prisoner’s Wife.” This is a memoir about the criminal justice system and the fight to [ ]Filed Under: Author Profiles Interviews Tagged With: Allen Mendenhall Interviews Jodie Sinclair, Jodie Sinclair, Love Behind Bars The Book of Cain, by Jeff LoweJune 25, 2020 by Joshua Fullman Leave a Comment Reviewed by Joshua S. Fullman  The story of Cain’s slaying of his brother and fall from grace stands as one of the great myths of the human condition. It rightly claims envy the source of nearly all interpersonal conflict, pitting us against one another for property, position, and approval. Further, it relates the origin of [ ]Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Jeff Lowe, Joshua S. Fullman, The Book of Cain The Rising Place, by David ArmstrongJune 23, 2020 by Philip K. Jason Leave a Comment Review by Philip K. Jason The premise of this highly original novel is as follows: A young lawyer has moved to Hamilton, Mississippi to begin his career. His first job is to draft a will for a seventy-five-year old spinster named Emily Hodge. Emily has spent her life in this town. She is well-known, but [ ]Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: David Armstrong, Philip K. Jason, The Rising Place The Orphan of Pitigliano, by Marina BrownJune 18, 2020 by Donna Meredith Leave a Comment Reviewed by Donna Meredith  Marina Brown’s The Orphan of Pitigliano is a feast of Old World mystery and magic, betrayal and heartbreak, sin and redemption. Readers who enjoyed Helen Wecker’s best-selling novel, The Golem and the Jinni, will like Brown’s tale, which also blends Jewish myth into the historical novel. Brown paints her stunning story [ ]Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Donna Meredith, Marina Brown, The Orphan of PitiglianoDonna Meredith Interviews Marina Brown, Author of The Orphan of Pitigliano June 16, 2020 by Donna Meredith Leave a Comment DM: I have a theory that every great novel begins with one strong emotional scene or character or idea that ignites the author’s passion. What spark initiated your desire to write The Orphan of Pitigliano? MB: Honestly, I think it was a series of experiences I had had in Pitigliano over the years that coalesced [ ]Filed Under: Author Profiles Interviews Tagged With: Donna Meredith, Donna Meredith Interviews Marina Brown, Marina Brown, The Orphan of Pitigliano“The Water Keeper,” by Charles MartinJune 11, 2020 by Claire Matturro Leave a Comment Reviewed by Claire Hamner Matturro Best-selling author Charles Martin’s newest book, The Water Keeper (Thomas Nelson May 2020), is a compelling classic thriller—with more than one sudden turn and several surprising twists. On the most basic level, it operates like most modern thrillers with plenty of edge-of-your-seat suspense, action, danger, violence, and death-defying moments. The [ ]Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Charles Martin, Claire Hamner Matturro, The Water Keeper Bead by Bead, by Suzanne HenleyJune 9, 2020 by Susan Cushman Leave a Comment Reviewed by Susan Cushman In 2013 I was in a life-threatening car wreck. I broke my neck, right leg, and ankle, and was stuck in my house for the first few months of my recovery. One day Suzanne Henley came to see me and brought me a beautiful necklace she had made from exotic beads [ ]Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Bead by Bead, Susan Cushman, Suzanne HenleyNext Page Top Posts Pages “The Water Keeper,” by Charles Martin Allen Mendenhall Interviews Jessica Hooten Wilson The Prayer Box, by Lisa Wingate Gnostic Vibes: Revisiting Walker Percy s Love in the Ruins (Part I) The Story Keeper, by Lisa Wingate Submissions Search the siteFree Subscription

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