Southern Humanities Review 59.2 is a bird-filled summer issue featuring reprinted poetry from an exhibit titled Radical Naturalism: Lyric Birdscapes, including poems from Mary Oliver and Maggie Smith, selected by Nicole Sealey as Poet-in-Residence at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. The issue also features poetry from David Baker, James Ciano, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Donika Kelly, Li-Young Lee, Li Po translated by Sam Hamill, John Murillo, Nicole Sealey, Tu Fu translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell, and Joe Wilkins; nonfiction from Matthew E. Henry and Courtney Ann LaFaive; and fiction by Taylor Brorby, Elissa C. Huang, Scott Nadelson, and Keija Parssinene. The cover art is “Solitude” by Katie Hewson.
