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Now Read This: Four books on our list
If you’re looking for a sign to start a new chapter (book chapter, that is), this is it. SLOW FIRE joins the list for Now Read This.
August 7, 2026
Where the Trailers Were, Someone Lived
Chuck Reece from Salvation South interviews Spencer K.M Brown on the publication of his debut short story collection, SLOW FIRE from Loblolly Press.
August 1, 2026
The Southern Summer Book Club: August
Bradley Sides selects Slow Fire as the August read for “The Southern Summer Book Club” at Southern Review of Books.
August 1, 2026
Loblolly Press Poetry Title Included in Disability Pride List
CLMP includes Kristin Entler's Of Water Never Ceasing on their disability pride month list.
July 26, 2026
Spencer Brown's SLOW FIRE on Salvation South's Southern Summer Booklist
From editor Chuck Reece: "Slow Fire is the first short-story collection from a writer whose fiction we have published and championed for many years now."
July 9, 2026
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 4, 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 14, 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 13, 2025
Smart Bets: Dark City LIT
Information about the Dark City LIT festival, including a workshop run by Andrew Mack
November 6, 2025
CHESTNUT, by Andrew Mack
Poem published in Tuskegee Review from Andrew Mack's Beasts of Chase
October 15, 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 7, 2025
Meet the Author: Garrett Ashley
Interview with Loblolly author Garrett Ashley
October 1, 2025
Word Count: Small Southern Publishers Bring Untold Stories Into the Light
Feature on small Southern publishers
October 1, 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 26, 2025
Local poet examines masculinity and the outdoors in new collection
Review of Andrew Mack's Beasts of Chase
July 25, 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
June 15, 2025
Now, Appalachia interview with founder of Loblolly Press, Andrew Mack
Podcast interview with Loblolly Press founder, Andrew Mack
May 13, 2025
Distant Relations
Review of Cheryl Whitehead's Distant Relations
April 15, 2025
"Distant Relations" by Cheryl Whitehead
Review of Cheryl Whitehead's Distant Relations
April 2, 2025
Healing from Helene
Article on community resilience after Hurricane Helene and Loblolly Press's anthology Understory: Volume I
April 1, 2025
I'm Bound to Leave This Dark Behind
Short fiction by Spencer K.M. Brown published in Salvation South.
January 24, 2025
Poet Clint Bowman's latest collection explores modern-day life in Appalachia
Review of Clint Bowman's If Lost
November 14, 2024
Black Mountain Poet, Fascinating Fungi And A Unicorn Mug, Inside Appalachia
When Clint Bowman of Black Mountain, North Carolina couldn’t find the writing group he needed, he formed the Dark City Poets Society.
September 23, 2024
Clint Bowman finds his way with 'If Lost': Black Mountain poet marks release of first full-length book with nine-city tour
Feature on Clint Bowman's book tour for If Lost
September 6, 2024
