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Let’s Make a Tower Out of Ourselves

Let’s Make a Tower Out of Ourselves

By Grace Metzler
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on A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

on A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

By Jodie Noel Vinson
Tripas Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Tripas Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Fall 2026

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The Georgia Review’s Fall 2026 issue is now available, with new writing from Felicia Zamora, Craig Morgan Teicher, Magdalena Zurawski, Okwudili Nebeolisa, Stephanie Burt, and many more, along with new translations of Rosa Jamali and Yordanka Beleva, and a collection of poems honoring Minnie Bruce Pratt. The issue also includes a folio of paintings by Grace Metzler. 

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Introduction

Introduction

By Taylor Marie Doherty Julie R. Enszer Laura Alexandra Harris Silas Margaret Heying Amanda Mixon
The School of How Can I Live

The School of How Can I Live

By Jared Joseph
The Maharishi Effect

The Maharishi Effect

By Joshua Harmon
An Illusory Spirit

An Illusory Spirit

By Kevin Wilson
Pan Tupek Kielbaski Is Dead

Pan Tupek Kielbaski Is Dead

By Magdalena Zurawski
on “Architecture”; on “Emptiness”; on “Desire”; & on “Being Held”

on “Architecture”; on “Emptiness”; on “Desire”; & on “Being Held”

By Thomas Earl Dunn II
Greenwich Mean Time & Market Basket, translated from the Persian with an...

Greenwich Mean Time & Market Basket, translated from the Persian with an...

By Rosa Jamali
From Motherland, translated from the Uyghur by Munawwar Abdulla

From Motherland, translated from the Uyghur by Munawwar Abdulla

By Zordun Sabir

Features

Introduction

Introduction

By Taylor Marie Doherty Julie R. Enszer Laura Alexandra Harris Silas Margaret Heying Amanda Mixon
The School of How Can I Live

The School of How Can I Live

By Jared Joseph
The Maharishi Effect

The Maharishi Effect

By Joshua Harmon
An Illusory Spirit

An Illusory Spirit

By Kevin Wilson
Pan Tupek Kielbaski Is Dead

Pan Tupek Kielbaski Is Dead

By Magdalena Zurawski
on “Architecture”; on “Emptiness”; on “Desire”; & on “Being Held”

on “Architecture”; on “Emptiness”; on “Desire”; & on “Being Held”

By Thomas Earl Dunn II
Greenwich Mean Time & Market Basket, translated from the Persian with an...

Greenwich Mean Time & Market Basket, translated from the Persian with an...

By Rosa Jamali
From Motherland, translated from the Uyghur by Munawwar Abdulla

From Motherland, translated from the Uyghur by Munawwar Abdulla

By Zordun Sabir

Art

Let’s Make a Tower Out of Ourselves

Let’s Make a Tower Out of Ourselves

By Grace Metzler
I Flirted with You All My Life (with an introductory essay by Carolina Söderholm)

I Flirted with You All My Life (with an introductory essay by Carolina Söderholm)

By Isabel Theselius
Subwalls

Subwalls

By Julie  Wills 
Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction by Mo Costello and Katz Tepper, curators)

Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction by Mo Costello and Katz Tepper, curators)

By Beverly Buchanan
At Home in the World

At Home in the World

By José Parlá
Devotions in Light and Shadow

Devotions in Light and Shadow

By Nadezda Nikolova
Soft Machines, Tough Love

Soft Machines, Tough Love

By Victoria Dugger
Portraits from Another New South

Portraits from Another New South

By Tommy Kha
Fission or, Eclipse  (with an introduction by Katie Geha)

Fission or, Eclipse  (with an introduction by Katie Geha)

By Rose Salane
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Reviews

on A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

on A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

By Jodie Noel Vinson
on When the Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi, translated from the Japanese by...

on When the Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi, translated from the Japanese by...

By Eliana Rozinov
on Information Desk: An Epic by Robyn Schiff

on Information Desk: An Epic by Robyn Schiff

By Charles Altieri
on Reveille by Liza Hudock

on Reveille by Liza Hudock

By Stephanie Burt
Machines for Living (on three films directed by Kogonada: Columbus [Oscilloscope, 2017], After Yang...

Machines for Living (on three films directed by Kogonada: Columbus [Oscilloscope, 2017], After Yang...

By Thomas Dai
on Yes, I Am a Destroyer by Mira Mattar

on Yes, I Am a Destroyer by Mira Mattar

By David Lloyd
on Agrippina the Younger by Diana Arterian

on Agrippina the Younger by Diana Arterian

By Maxime Jonas Berclaz
on Blue Loop by AJ White

on Blue Loop by AJ White

By Sean Cho A.
Craving the Monstrous (on Jean Giono’s Melville: A Novel; Hill; and Fragments of a...

Craving the Monstrous (on Jean Giono’s Melville: A Novel; Hill; and Fragments of a...

By Andrew Schenker
Facing the Poppy (on Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories)

Facing the Poppy (on Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories)

By Thomas Dai
on Theater after Film by Martin Harries

on Theater after Film by Martin Harries

By Minou Arjomand
on Mirror by Zhang Zao, translated from the Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain

on Mirror by Zhang Zao, translated from the Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain

By Christina Cook
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Reviews

on A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

on A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

By Jodie Noel Vinson
on When the Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi, translated from...

on When the Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi, translated from...

By Eliana Rozinov
on Information Desk: An Epic by Robyn Schiff

on Information Desk: An Epic by Robyn Schiff

By Charles Altieri
on Reveille by Liza Hudock

on Reveille by Liza Hudock

By Stephanie Burt
Machines for Living (on three films directed by Kogonada: Columbus [Oscilloscope,...

Machines for Living (on three films directed by Kogonada: Columbus [Oscilloscope,...

By Thomas Dai
on Yes, I Am a Destroyer by Mira Mattar

on Yes, I Am a Destroyer by Mira Mattar

By David Lloyd
on Agrippina the Younger by Diana Arterian

on Agrippina the Younger by Diana Arterian

By Maxime Jonas Berclaz
on Blue Loop by AJ White

on Blue Loop by AJ White

By Sean Cho A.
Craving the Monstrous (on Jean Giono’s Melville: A Novel; Hill; and...

Craving the Monstrous (on Jean Giono’s Melville: A Novel; Hill; and...

By Andrew Schenker
Facing the Poppy (on Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden...

Facing the Poppy (on Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden...

By Thomas Dai
on Theater after Film by Martin Harries

on Theater after Film by Martin Harries

By Minou Arjomand
on Mirror by Zhang Zao, translated from the Chinese by Fiona...

on Mirror by Zhang Zao, translated from the Chinese by Fiona...

By Christina Cook
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News

Author Photo of Jane Huffman

Brian Teare Selects Winner of the 2026 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize

Georgia Review Emerging Poetry Critics

Announcing The Georgia Review Emerging Poetry Critics Program

The Georgia Review and University of Nebraska Press Partner on Georgia Review Books Series

Georgia Review Prose Prize 2026 winners announcement panel image

Kiese Laymon Selects Winner of 2026 Georgia Review Prose Prize

“Phantom Pains” by Rochelle L. Johnson Wins John Burroughs Nature Essay Award

Noah Baldino Poetry Editor & Reviews Editor of the Georgia Review

Meet Our New Poetry Editor: Noah Baldino

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Events

A Reading with Julia Elliott and Joshua Garcia

October 23 @ 6:00 pm
The Athenaeum
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