• The Sewanee Conglomerate

    Named for the uppermost rock formation in Sewanee's corner of the Cumberland Plateau, the Sewanee Conglomerate is the magazine's blog. Check here for short pieces about books and current events written by SR staff and guest contributors.

    September 2023

    The Review invites you to its first events of the year—the presentation of the Aiken Taylor Award in Modern American Poetry by Vice-Chancellor Pearigen, and the lecture on Patricia Smith’s body of work.

    August 2023

    In the way that familiar words become strange when we stare at them extendedly, the singular letter can be unfaithful—to meaning, to a memory, to a friend.

    August 2023

    As someone who loves intergenerational narratives but fears exploitation and cringe, I find “Peking Duck” comforting. It’s relentless and tender at the same time.

    July 2023

    Howe instructs us to look, but look differently, gaze askew. To listen, but hear as if from a distance.

    July 2023

    The Sewanee Review is pleased to announce that Patricia Smith is the recipient of the 2023 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry.

    July 2023

    It’s the summer, then, of forest fires. The summer of smoke.

    June 2023

    Roll out your towel and kick back. Four new selections from the staff of the Sewanee Review.

    June 2023

    To read Drury is to surrender to a slower, quieter timeline.

    June 2023

    In a novel preoccupied with phantasms, hauntings, secrets, permeable boundaries, and alternative histories, who’s to say where the real starts and ends?

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