Skip to the content

Newsletter

Email *

Donate

MENUMENU

GR2
Publication
- - - Current Issue
      Spring 2025
      Explore Issue
      Features Art Reviews BACK ISSUES
Features
- - - On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address
      Speech
      On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address
      By Jimmy Carter
      The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...
      Poetry
      The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...
      By David Woo
      First Aid
      Fiction
      First Aid
      By T Cooper
      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
      Essays
      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
      By Craig Santos Perez
      The Lonely Ruralist
      Essays
      The Lonely Ruralist
      By Janisse Ray
      Influenza 1918
      Essays
      Influenza 1918
      By Jane Brox
      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
      Special Feature
      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
      By Hiromi Itō
      Jerry’s Dirt
      
      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      Special Feature
      Jerry’s Dirt
      
      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      By Jacob Baynham
      View All Features
Art
- - - 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
      The Space Between Things
      The Space Between Things
      By Garry Noland
      Architecture and Song
      Architecture and Song
      By Hasani Sahlehe
      Just Is
      Just Is
      By Antonio Darden
      View All Art
Reviews
- - - on Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley
      on Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley
      By Aila Hoss
      on Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney
      on Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney
      By Amish Trivedi
      on Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism
      on Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism
      By Theo Meranze
      on A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing by Kimberly Grey
      on A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing by Kimberly Grey
      By Emily Pérez
      on Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell
      on Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell
      By Tope Folarin
      on Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil
      on Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil
      By Hannah Baker Saltmarsh
      on Mid/South Sonnets, edited by C. T. Salazar and Casie Dodd
      on Mid/South Sonnets, edited by C. T. Salazar and Casie Dodd
      By Lucien Darjeun Meadows
      on Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan
      on Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan
      By Brenda Iijima
      View All Reviews
About
Submit
Shop
Subscribe

Newsletter

Email *

scroll to top

MENUMENU

GR2
Publication
- - - Current Issue
      Spring 2025
      Explore Issue
      Features Art Reviews BACK ISSUES
Features
- - - On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address
      Speech
      On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address
      By Jimmy Carter
      The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...
      Poetry
      The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...
      By David Woo
      First Aid
      Fiction
      First Aid
      By T Cooper
      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
      Essays
      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
      By Craig Santos Perez
      The Lonely Ruralist
      Essays
      The Lonely Ruralist
      By Janisse Ray
      Influenza 1918
      Essays
      Influenza 1918
      By Jane Brox
      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
      Special Feature
      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
      By Hiromi Itō
      Jerry’s Dirt
      
      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      Special Feature
      Jerry’s Dirt
      
      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      By Jacob Baynham
      View All Features
Art
- - - 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
      The Space Between Things
      The Space Between Things
      By Garry Noland
      Architecture and Song
      Architecture and Song
      By Hasani Sahlehe
      Just Is
      Just Is
      By Antonio Darden
      View All Art
Reviews
- - - on Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley
      on Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley
      By Aila Hoss
      on Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney
      on Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney
      By Amish Trivedi
      on Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism
      on Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism
      By Theo Meranze
      on A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing by Kimberly Grey
      on A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing by Kimberly Grey
      By Emily Pérez
      on Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell
      on Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell
      By Tope Folarin
      on Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil
      on Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil
      By Hannah Baker Saltmarsh
      on Mid/South Sonnets, edited by C. T. Salazar and Casie Dodd
      on Mid/South Sonnets, edited by C. T. Salazar and Casie Dodd
      By Lucien Darjeun Meadows
      on Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan
      on Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan
      By Brenda Iijima
      View All Reviews
About
Submit
Shop
Subscribe

GR2
Current Issue
Features
Art
Reviews
About
- Masthead
- Mission Statement
- History
- Contact
- News
- Events
Submit
Shop
Subscribe

Current Issue

Spring 2025

Subscribe

Alan Spiegel

Uncategorized

A Theory of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction

IN Winter 1972

← Kimmey, John L. → Mann, Georg

Past Issues

Spring 2025

Winter 2024

Fall 2024

Summer 2024

Spring 2024

Winter 2023

Fall 2023

Summer 2023

Spring 2023

Winter 2022

View All Past Issues

Newsletter

Email Address*

Name

Current Issue

Spring 2025

Current Issue
Features
Reviews
Art
Conversations

Subscribe Shop Donate

Search for:

Contact
Submit
Events
News
Terms & Conditions
JSTOR

About
Opportunities
Masthead
Advertise
Permissions

View Cart Checkout Continue Shopping

Spring 2025

On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address

The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...

First Aid

Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change

The Lonely Ruralist

Influenza 1918

Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...

Jerry’s Dirt [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...

Soft Machines, Tough Love

Portraits from Another New South

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

The Space Between Things

Architecture and Song

Just Is

on Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley

on Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney

on Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism

on A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing by Kimberly Grey

on Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell

on Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil

on Mid/South Sonnets, edited by C. T. Salazar and Casie Dodd

on Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan

Spring 2025

On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address

The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...

First Aid

Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change

The Lonely Ruralist

Influenza 1918

Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...

Jerry’s Dirt [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...

Soft Machines, Tough Love

Portraits from Another New South

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

The Space Between Things

Architecture and Song

Just Is

on Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley

on Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney

on Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism

on A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing by Kimberly Grey

on Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell

on Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil

on Mid/South Sonnets, edited by C. T. Salazar and Casie Dodd

on Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan

Spring 2025

Alan Spiegel

A Theory of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction

Jerry’s Dirt

[Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...

Jerry’s Dirt

[Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...