The Southern Collective Experience

The Southern Collective Experience A collective of professional artists founded by Charles Clifford Brooks III in 2013. There is no manifesto.

They publish The Blue Mountain Review and produce Dante's New South Radio Show. We prove professional artists play well together, and that we are all south of somewhere.

Richard Blanco is a The Southern Collective Experience hero.
07/23/2025

Richard Blanco is a The Southern Collective Experience hero.

Grateful for the meaningful conversation with Sean Murphy on Some Things Considered about poetry’s power to bear witness, the role of art in resisting cynicism, and how we can use our voices for good in a divided world. We talked about craft, hope, and why words still matter. Listen at https://www.seanmurphy.net/podcast/

Sean Murphy, Author

Dante’s New South Radio Show finds its rhythm this weekend with Benheart, Waqas Khwaja, Joseph Saul, and Wiktor Miesok. ...
07/22/2025

Dante’s New South Radio Show finds its rhythm this weekend with Benheart, Waqas Khwaja, Joseph Saul, and Wiktor Miesok. Interviewing folks about what they’re after in life is a window into the sunshine of someone else. Hosting allows me a platform to make contact without the crippling anxiety autism often juts into my day. I don’t need to fill every minute. I press my upper lip to my lower and shut my mouth.

Y’all aren’t here to learn my language.

This episode is special because each of these guests I met from my personal life to an international designer my baby brother suggested.

We got music from Doc Fubbs, Pat Metheny, and Justin Johnson. You won’t be bored. This ain’t talk radio you’ll regret. Come in and sit with me.

Soon you’ll share my time with folks like Octavio Quintanilla, Richard Blanco, and Leftover Salmon.

I send big love to my producer Michael Amidei.

I’ve a lasting respect for my advertisers Lucid House Publishing, Inam M. Inamullah, and Bright Hill Press. This show is fun. Paid to do it is what’s for dinner. If you’d like to know how I do it, slide me a note.

God bless you. Don’t let people forget who you are.

Dig in: open.spotify.com/episode/1RYlXm9VDXxdYfBlBqcW34?si=Oo9oksgwQEuWoVsKYThcOw

Thank you Heidi Cormode for handling my heart the way that makes a man want to be better.

SUBMIT YOUR CREATIVE WRITING TODAY AND RUN YOUR WORDS ALONGSIDE LEGENDS IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND JOURNAL OF CULTURE!The Blue M...
06/20/2025

SUBMIT YOUR CREATIVE WRITING TODAY AND RUN YOUR WORDS ALONGSIDE LEGENDS IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND JOURNAL OF CULTURE!

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Our team keeps a Webson Gill close at hand.
06/20/2025

Our team keeps a Webson Gill close at hand.

SUBMIT YOUR CREATIVE WRITING TODAY AND RUN YOUR WORDS ALONGSIDE LEGENDS IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND JOURNAL OF CULTURE!The Blue M...
06/20/2025



SUBMIT YOUR CREATIVE WRITING TODAY AND RUN YOUR WORDS ALONGSIDE LEGENDS IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND JOURNAL OF CULTURE!

The Blue Mountain Review honors your work and faith in us by hearing back from us in 30 days or less and placed within atop artwork picked specifically to match your vibe.

You make this magazine work

SEND US YOUR BEST THROUGH Submittable: bluemountainreview.submittable.com/submit

WE NOW ACCEPT MANUSCRIPT PITCHES!

Hudson Valley Writers Center features The Southern Collective Experience member Richard Blanco this December.
06/18/2025

Hudson Valley Writers Center features The Southern Collective Experience member Richard Blanco this December.

The Hudson Valley Writers Center is thrilled to honor poet, memoirist and playwright, Richard Blanco, at our annual gala on September 25! The ticket sale link is forthcoming, but in the meantime, save the date!

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