Rachel’s Reviews > New Stories from the South > Status Update

I’m savoring this slowly because it’s so good. “Best Cousin” by Tayari Jones and “Coal Smoke” by Silas House are visceral. I hadn’t heard of House before. Turns out he’s the Kentucky poet laureate right now and is a goldmine resource for Appalachian art. And the amount of talent the editor Shannon Ravenel has shone a spotlight upon in her time is staggering!