Daniel Sundahl

Daniel James Sundahl is Emeritus Professor in American Studies and English at Hillsdale College where he taught for  over 32 years.  Prior to retirement he was Kirk Distinguished Professor in American Studies.  He’s relocated from Michigan to South Carolina.

Brittany J. Barron

Brittany J. Barron is a senior at the University of North Georgia, seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in Gender Studies. Born and raised in Georgia, Brittany is a spoiled twenty-first century Southern Belle. Her poetry, creative nonfiction, and formal essays have appeared in The Chestatee Review, Sanctuary, Papers and […]

Allen Mendenhall Interviews M. Maitland DeLand, Author of “Nashville Mercy”

AM: Dr. DeLand, thanks for the interview. I’m thankful for the opportunity to talk with you about your debut mystery novel, Nashville Mercy. How did you draw on your Southern roots and medical background to develop the plot of this book? MMD: My entire extended family is in the medical field. Since I was a […]

Louis Gallo

Lou Gallo’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fiction Fix, Glimmer Train, Hollins Critic, Rattle, Southern Quarterly, Litro, New Orleans Review, Xavier Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Missouri Review, Mississippi Review, Texas Review, Baltimore Review, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, The Ledge, storySouth, Houston Literary Review, Tampa Review, Raving Dove, The Journal (Ohio), Greensboro Review, and […]

Norwood Holland

Norwood Holland is a freelance writer, lawyer, and author of the Drew Smith legal thriller series based on the capers of a D.C. trial attorney. A graduate of Howard University School of Law, he earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Fisk University where he studied under the renowned Harlem Renaissance author Arna Bontemps. Holland […]

Allen Mendenhall Interviews David Joy, Author of Where All Light Tends to Go

AM: We’re thrilled to interview you at Southern Literary Review, David. Thank you. Your novel is Where All Light Tends to Go, a story about the underbelly of North Carolina, where outlawing is, the opening lines tell us, “as much a matter of blood as hair color and height.” Tell us how Jacob McNeely, your […]