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13/11/2025

Did you know that five poems in "The Best American Poetry 2025"—edited by David Lehman and guest edited by Terence Winch—originally appeared in The Southern Review? Congratulations to the following authors, and thanks for entrusting us with your work.

Heather Christle, “Aubade,” from summer 2024
Jose Hernandez Diaz, “My Kafka Prose Poem,” from summer 2024
Nazifa Islam, “The Wind Whipped Tears into My Eyes,” from spring 2024
Alison Pelegrin, “Zero Bothers Given,” from spring 2024
Cindy Tran, “Blank Verse,” from spring 2024

10/11/2025

The autumn 2025 issue is out now! Our latest features fiction by Jake Maynard, Sena Moon, and Peter Orner; poetry by Bonnie Jo Campbell, Kwame Dawes, and David Hernandez; artwork by Hoàng Tiến Quyết; and much more! Explore the issue here: https://bit.ly/tsrautumn25

29/09/2025

“We sit in the middle of the moving
water that bears
the bones of branches, oracles of leaves’ coracles”

—from “Chiasmus with Elderflower in Full, Furious Blossom,” by Donald Platt, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

28/09/2025

“And sometimes, they didn’t remedy the error. The women would slip into each other’s lives, as if trading clothes they’d grown tired of, and never speak of it again.”

—from “Double Marriage,” by Ryan Teitman, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

27/09/2025

“…he saw on TV
that bees spend their lives
seeking only what is sweet.
Even with life’s tonnage
piling on, he won’t let
his six-year-old awe die.”

—from “My Brother among Bees,” by Brian Patrick Heston, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

22/09/2025

“I laid my bare eyes on galaxies for the first time then and was tongue-tied for a long while.”

—from “Bright Night,” by Choi Eunyoung, translated from Korean by Ahry Jeon, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

20/09/2025

“I’ve led you astray.
This lamp so close,
the moon so remote,
the god you would worship
were my light extinguished.”

—from “Moth at 3:00 AM,” by Paulette Guerin, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

18/09/2025

“If I am not careful, this list could easily include
every place found guilty of not being here.
If I am not careful, you will turn out careful.”

—from “Until Today,” by Dan Leach, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

15/09/2025

“We planned to let our toddler toe the ocean,
but a sign near Chatham cautioned
great whites hunt the shallows: KNOW YOUR RISK”

—from “Great Whites,” by Anemone Beaulier, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

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