ASW: Thank you so much, Brian and Jordan, for visiting with me today about your new anthology that you edited, Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South. Would you provide us with your definition of “Southern Gothic” and an overview of this wonderful anthology? B: This was something we actually talked in depth about over the […]
Archives for May 2014
“Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South,” Edited by Brian Centrone With Art Design by Jordan Scoggins
May 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Amy Susan Wilson Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South is a much needed anthology of American Southern literature that calls attention to a diverse range of American Southern experiences and issues—primarily contemporary issues and experiences. Edited by Brian Centrone with art design by Jordan Scoggins, these stories and poems by both established […]
“Redemption,” by Lee Passarella
May 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Shaun Turner Lee Passarella’s collection of poems, Redemption, focuses on quiet revelations—frost-bent daffodil in mid-March, mother dog nursing hungry pups, box kite adrift over the ocean. Passarella chooses these images, both bare and beautiful, to show us moments of revelation. His poems take us on a journey of perception, deepened by surprising metaphors, […]
Shaun Turner
May 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Shaun Turner writes in West Virginia, where he is the Assistant Fiction Editor for the Cheat River Review. His fiction can or will be found in Cleaver Magazine; Word Riot; JONATHAN; and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, among others.
May Read of the Month: “Harlow,” by David Armand
May 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Dixon Hearne David Armand’s new novel, Harlow, is a compelling read on several levels. The story deals with universal themes of alienation, oppression, futility, resilience and hope – and all unfolding in raw and biting detail. Other reviewers have already parsed Harlow’s plot, character, setting, and theme. Far more salient in this new […]
Dixon Hearne
May 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dixon Hearne is the author of three short fiction collections and editor of several anthologies. His stories have been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Spur Awards. His book, Plantatia: High-toned and Lowdown Stories of the South was nominated for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and received another for best general fiction book. His fiction, poetry and […]