On the whole, evocative and daring, an uneasy dance between the sand and the sea, Strange Beach is an ever-transforming shore, a space of encounter between bodies and meaning, between history and the new.

A pocket is a useful tool for writing because you can carry a pocketknife in it, which is good for sharpening your pencil. The pencil as a tool for writing has never been topped, as far as I know. It is cheap, and it is readily available. It is portable. It doesn't require Wi-Fi, and it doesn't have a noisy fan. It doesn't ask you to take a moment to fill out a brief survey. It doesn't ask you to like it.

As the submission deadline for our 2024-25 Poetry Chapbook Prize draws near, we would like to formally introduce our judge for this year’s contest, Olatunde Osinaike.

This year’s Georgia Author of the Year in Poetry, Osinaike is a Nigerian-American poet whose most recent collection, Tender Headed, explores experiences of Blackness and masculinity. The following interview involves questions relating to his experience as an acclaimed poet, his writing process, and advice he has for writers on the rise.

This piece is a part of our “Featured Collaborators” project, where we highlight the achievements of those who have helped make The Headlight Review possible. Today, we would like to extend our gratitude to Gregory Emilio for his support as our Guest Poetry Editor for Volume 2 of our magazine.

Lights up on the stage of the Chaddick Theatre in Atlanta, GA. It’s 7PM on August 9, 2024, the opening night of Aaron Levy’s new play, The Student Body. Where do you find yourself?

Jesse Graves’s first collection of poetry Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine was awarded the 2011 Weatherford Award in Poetry from Berea College, the Book of the Year in Poetry Award from the Appalachian Writers’ Association, and the Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing. More recently, Tennessee Landscape was celebrated with a tenth Anniversary edition, one that included new poems and an introduction from acclaimed poet Matthew Wimberley.

Now, the Walmart is burned down. Wooden boards block the windows of Wally World, and cardboard fences surround the perimeter.

In this conversation, Mona Susan Power talks about her writing career, the power of fiction, and her latest novel A Council of Dolls with Kennesaw State University Professor Miriam Brown Spiers.

Mountain Madness by Clinton Crockett Peters is a collection of essays detailing the author’s hiking treks in both Japan, during his tenure as a twenty-something English teacher, and in the United States during his time as an outdoor guide. His essays weave together both the physical details of his outdoor adventures and the emotional reflections and meanings of these experiences more than a decade later.

Dr. Andrew Plattner sat with author and The Headlight Review 2021 chapbook prize winner, Lisa Alletson, to discuss her new collection, Good Mother Lizard.

When I first heard of Tony Grooms, I was in an undergrad English class at KSU several years ago. One of the books on the reading list was Bombingham. Being from Birmingham, Alabama, I knew a lot about the Civil Rights Movement and the events that took place, so I was already excited to read it.

The Headlight Review staff conducted this interview with best-selling author and Kennesaw State MAPW professor Garrard Conley concerning the banning of his memoir Boy Erased in the state of Texas.