“Letters to Little Rock” by Jennifer Horne

Jennifer Horne’s Letters to Little Rock (Kelsay Books 2024) is a superb book for quite a few reasons, not the least of which is her supple use of demanding and seemingly constraining poetic forms. But the book’s greatest strength lies in a series of implicit questions: how can we remember and honor a beloved parent […]

Southern Literary Review welcomes Hank Lazer as our new Poetry Review Editor!

Hank Lazer has published thirty-six books of poetry, including most recently Abundant Life: New & Selected Poems (Chax Press), As We Vanish from Public View (7 Points Press), and field recordings   of mind   in morning (BlazeVOX, with 15 music-poetry tracks with Holland Hopson on banjo – available on YouTube). In 2025, Lavender Ink published What […]