The Southern Review is a quarterly
literary magazine that was established by
Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by
Huey Long as a part of his investment in
Louisiana State University. It publishes
fiction,
poetry, critical
essays, and excerpts from
novels in progress by established and emerging writers and includes reproductions of
visual art.
The Southern Review continues to follow Warren's articulation of the mission when he said that it gives "writers decent company between the covers, and [concentrates] editorial authority sufficiently for the journal to have its own distinctive character and quality".