News and Reviews
BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
“Haguillory” chosen for Best American Short Stories: 2021, ed. Jesmyn Ward
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“5 new works of fiction by Chicago authors,” August 18, 2020
SOUTHERN REVIEW OF BOOKS
“Soileau’s Longing, Hopeful Inhabitants of Southwestern Louisiana in Last One Out Shut Off the Lights,” July 13, 2020
SIERRA CLUB
SOUTHERN REVIEW OF BOOKS
“The Best Southern Books of July 2020,” July 6, 2020
BOOKLIST
“Starred Review: Last One Out Shut Off the Lights,” June 1, 2020
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Last One Out Shut Off the Lights: Review,” June 2020
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“Summer 2020 book preview: Books to read in our Chicago quarantine,” May 24, 2020
LIT HUB
“Most Anticipated Books of 2020,” January 2020
Interviews, Readings, Etc.
LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR MATH, SCIENCE & THE ARTS
Author & Alum Stephanie Soileau (‘94) Public Reading
UCHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
Panel: “Re-Imagined Communities”
PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Literary Lunch: Elizabeth Wetmore and Stephanie Soileau
UCHICAGO WRITERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Garin Cycholl & Stephanie Soileau
BOMB MAGAZINE
“Interview: Joe Pan by Stephanie Soileau”
SOUTHERLY MAGAZINE
“‘Homesickness for a place you haven’t left’: A conversation with Stephanie Soileau”
BAYOU MAGAZINE
“Interview with Stephanie Soileau”
BREAKWATER REVIEW
“Stephanie Soileau Talks: ‘Writing is a License to be Curious about Everything’”
WWNO RADIO
Susan Larson’s “The Reading Life”
THE BITTER SOUTHERNER