Desire frequently breaks chronological time; maybe that’s part of why this novel’s unusual structure feels so true.

“You Drive” is as much a salute to perversity as it is an unflinching characterization of intergenerational dysfunction.

It’s not often I remember exactly where or when I first read particular poems, but I was on a bus headed toward downtown Oakland in fall 2021.

The Sewanee Review is pleased to announce the winners of five awards given annually by the magazine for the finest work published in these pages.

Every time we are approaching our issue’s close date, and I fear we won’t be able to fill our pages with writing that’s fresh and resonant, we find ourselves inundated with work that electrifies our staff.

J— is an oil-rich Texan born for the football field. Here in Kilgore, there are swamps and robber barons and copperhead snakes.

Once you learn to respect panic, you can differentiate between fever and fear. Those two are telling you everything you need to know about timing.

It was as if Helen stepped into my head to introduce herself, and she was no Bronze Age queen: I found myself writing a Tennessee woman in the early nineties, working through her old skein of myths in a uniquely modern context.

The Review is pleased to share staff picks for the holiday season: a curated gift guide for every book lover on your list.