Press & Media
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
Poet Clint Bowman's latest collection explores modern-day life in Appalachia
Review of Clint Bowman's If Lost
November 14th, 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 6th, 2024
