Press & Media

Garrett Ashley Awarded Alabama State Council on the Arts Prose Fellowship
Garrett Ashley received a Prose Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
June 16, 2026


Emma Ensley Named Editor of The Great Smokies Review
Emma Ensley named editor of The Great Smokies Review as it transitions to a year-round Substack.
June 5, 2026


Honorable Mention — 2026 Brockman-Campbell Book Award
These poems are inventive and surprising, and Riedesel paints a vivid and powerful picture of the aftermath of nature's fury in a way that is musical and full of moving imagery that celebrates this part of America.
June 1 2026


The 2026 Southern Summer Book Club
Southern Review of Books summer reading list for 2026, featuring Spencer K.M. Brown's Slow Fire
May 4th, 2026


Loblolly Press Announces Slow Fire, the Highly Anticipated Story Collection by Triad author Spencer K. M. Brown
Press for Spencer KM Brown’s Slow Fire from “Yes! Weekly”
April 15, 2026


Dawn Major interviews Emma Ensley, author of "The Computer Room"
Interview with Loblolly author Emma Ensley
April 14th, 2026


Book Review: HABITATS by Garrett Ashley
Meredith from The Rest is Just Exposition newsletter reviews Garrett Ashley's poetry debut, HABITATS
April 3, 2026


A Field Guide to North American Trees
Review of Garrett Ashley's A Field Guide to North American Trees
November 13th, 2025


Smart Bets: Dark City LIT
Information about the Dark City LIT festival, including a workshop run by Andrew Mack
November 6th, 2025


Black Mountain Library to host inaugural Dark City LIT festival in November
Andrew Mack, founder of Loblolly Press, hosting a workshop at Dark City LIT Festival
October 7th, 2025


Meet the Author: Garrett Ashley
Interview with Loblolly author Garrett Ashley
October 1, 2025


CHESTNUT, by Andrew Mack
Poem published in Tuskegee Review from Andrew Mack's Beasts of Chase
October 2025


Shock and grief put into words: Poetry book sales aid WNC nonprofit after Hurricane Helene
Profile on Kelly Riedesel's Proud Roads: Poems in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene
September 26th, 2025


Word Count: Small Southern Publishers Bring Untold Stories Into the Light
Feature on small Southern publishers
Fall 2025


A CHANCE FOR YOUR OWN PLASTIC BABY: A REVIEW OF THE COMPUTER ROOM BY EMMA ENSLEY
Review of Emma Ensley's The Computer Room
2025


Local poet examines masculinity and the outdoors in new collection
Review of Andrew Mack's Beasts of Chase
July 25th, 2025


Now, Appalachia interview with founder of Loblolly Press, Andrew Mack
Podcast interview with Loblolly Press founder, Andrew Mack
May 13th, 2025


"Distant Relations" by Cheryl Whitehead
Review of Cheryl Whitehead's Distant Relations
April 2nd, 2025


Distant Relations
Review of Cheryl Whitehead's Distant Relations
April 2025


Healing from Helene
Article on community resilience after Hurricane Helene and Loblolly Press's anthology Understory: Volume I
March/April 2025


I'm Bound to Leave This Dark Behind
Short fiction by Spencer K.M. Brown published in Salvation South.
January 24, 2025




