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.

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.

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.

Our Managing Editor, Laura Metzger, caught up with THR’s Chapbook Prize judge Tina Mozelle Braziel to figure out how, when, and why she writes, and what you can do to find inspiration in the little things.

Visual Artist Virginia Moore has two things in common with Pop Art Icon Andy Warhol. She’s a Pittsburgh, PA native and she has been involved with printmaking for a very long time.

The Headlight Review is honored to interview its first selected artist for our Artist Spotlight series, Kennesaw State University Alumni: Abby Smith. Ms. Smith is an artist based in the greater Atlanta area who creates digital illustrations, character concepts, and abstract watercolor paintings.

Make it stand out. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

The Headlight Review continues its interview series in a conversation on writing with author and professor John Holman. His most recent publication is “White Folks” in The Sun, but his fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Oxford American, and many other publications.

The Headlight Review’s non-fiction editor Giselle Reid recently interviewed Garrard Conley, Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Kennesaw State University. Conley is the author of New York Times bestseller and Lambda-nominated, Boy Erased, a memoir about identity, love and understanding, now translated in over a dozen languages.

The following is an interview virtually conducted by THR’s very own, Kyro Huddleston. He had the pleasure of speaking with author, activist, and historian, Eric Cervini, about his New York Times bestselling book— The Deviant’s War. We hope you all enjoy!

As the first entry in our interview series, our Editorial Director, Justin, spoke with the poet Danielle Rose about process, trauma, and tradition, as well as what she’s reading and writing. Her work can be found in The Shallow Ends, FIVE:2:ONE, Sundog Lit, and elsewhere.