“More than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration” by Dustin Feddon

More than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration (2025, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY) by Dustin Feddon is a transforming journey. Father Dustin Feddon’s memoir of accompanying prisoners since 2013 is powerful and necessary at a time when grace and mercy have worn thin. Immigrants, students, and the homeless are […]

10th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference

Gale Massey interviews Les Standiford, Writers In Paradise Conference Co-Director; & Marina Pruna, Conference Coordinator

Writers In Paradise is widely considered one of Florida’s preeminent annual writer’s conferences. It is consistently held on the pristine campus of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. This conference was initially founded in 2005 by Dennis Lehane and Sterling Watson. Les Standiford serves as Co-Director along with Dennis Lehane, and Marina Pruna is the […]

Effigies and Incantations at Johns Creek Books July 26, 2025

Associate Editor, Dawn Major, will be appearing for the launch of the anthology, Effigies and Incantations, put out by D.C. Phillips on July 26th at John’s Creek in Georgia. Come meet her diabolical doll, Lil’ Softee, as well as other Southern authors ranging from traditional hauntings to the Southern Gothic.

Join the Southern Summer Book Club

Join the Southern Summer Book Club – Southern Review of Books

Anhinga Prize for Poetry