The ethos of the book review section of south is a little different than conventional journals: first, reviews are published online, not in the print version. The reviews are substantially shorter (<1k words) and accessible through our website for free. It’s our position that the reviews should be as democratic as possible—available to all scholars and students of American studies—and should answer the basic questions: “What are we reading? What recent books are valuable to the field of southern studies, broadly defined? How might we assess the work being done?” Our goal is for the reviews to be published quarterly, and they will be announced through social media, especially Twitter.

We are interested in book-length studies focused exclusively on the South, of course, but we are also interested in scholarship that re-examines and repositions the South, even on a micro level (i.e., a chapter or two, or the suggestion of further study). If you’re interested in reviewing a book, you may email me and request an assignment or choose from one of the titles below.

Andy Crank
Book Review Editor

AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW*

*A list of books available for review in the next issue of south will be posted March 1, 2019, at which time we invite you to submit review proposals. Publishers may send books to the journal for consideration, though please note that south does not typically publish reviews of poetry or of pedagogically focused texts.