New Works from Southern Voices
Deep South’s Southern Voice section highlights authors that capture the nuanced flavor of the South. Here is a list of new books coming out by past Southern Voice authors.
A Story Behind The Stories
Shome Dasgupta on writing stories from his family's native India to South Louisiana in a new collection.
A Pair of Cajun Stories by Shome Dasgupta
Ma was in the back boiling crawfish. Pepper was on the tree swing, swinging away. Barn was in his room. I was in the kitchen making iced-tea
Feast of Fury
Talking Southern barbecue and the people behind the pit with Denny Culbert and Rien Fertel of The Barbecue Bus. by Shome Dasgupta
Literary Friday
Chatting with Attica Locke. Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. Libraries, love affairs and literary puns in Literary News. Ernest Gaines, Poe and Zora Neale Hurston in Literary Events. And a horror story in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
i am here And You Are Gone
Shome Dasgupta’s debut chapbook evokes memories of days spent in the schoolyard, that first crush and the trials of growing up.
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by Shome Dasgupta Friday Night Greg sat at a booth inside the Cottage – a poorly ventilated bar and coffee shop, where one puff of a cigarette can make your eyes water, your hair smell like ash, and your skin wrinkle. Nonetheless, it was one of the few places in Lafayette, where people can smoke inside an establishment. He sat with his elbows resting on the table and his head between his hands. He looked at the glass ashtray, full of yellow cigarette butts. He looked up and saw Circus standing at the bar, in front of the video poker screen, unbuckling his belt and unzipping his pants. “No, Circus,” Greg said. “Don’t.” He didn’t hear Greg and started to pull down the front of his boxers. Greg shouted his name and walked towards him, putting his hand on Circus’ shoulder, who was, at 6 feet, a few inches taller than Greg. They were both slim guys, but Circus had a bit more muscle than Greg. Circus was one of those guys who could eat plate after plate of foods full of fat and never gain a pound. Greg had gained some pounds since his freshman year of college and just recently was able to