Editor's note: Rebecca Gummere's gorgeous essay, "The Transit of Venus" was selected by Rebecca Makkai as the runner-up in New South’s 2015 Writing Contest. Here, Rebecca shares how her essay took shape and what she's been working on since. Rebecca Gummere: The essay is about the gradual decline and death of my mother, but it’s also about the transitory... Continue Reading →
Featured Poetry: We Are Always Both in the Field by Alicia Wright
Mentioning the furthest back field/a horseless space, and houseless, a/field above the aisles of daffodils in/which I once thought I’d marry—
Featured Poetry: “Aubade” by Brandi George
Aubade You blacked out the night, forgot how we jumped off cliffs into Lake Superior, the October water filling our mouths until we felt the gods get drunk inside us. I long for you, the sun you turn toward me and away from me at will. You’re something I evaporate into, the way the... Continue Reading →
Featured Fiction: Paradise by Vincent Poturica
The time-machine was finished, finally.
Interview with 2015 Prose Contest Winner Aria Curtis
Aria Curtis's story, “Birds of Paradise,” was selected by Rebecca Makkai as the winner of New South’s 2015 Writing Contest. Here, Aria answers a few questions from Assistant Editor Rachel Wright.
Interview with 2015 Poetry Contest Winner Alicia Wright
Alicia Wright's poem, "We Are Always Both in the Field," was selected by Roger Reeves as the winner of New South's 2015 Writing Contest. Here, Alicia answers a few questions from our editors.
2015 Pushcart Prize Nominees
New South is proud to announce our 2015 nominations for the Pushcart Prize!
Issue: Adventure 8.2
"I don't want milk and cookies; I want a spiritual experience." - Vincent Poturica, "Paradise"