I just got the spring issue of The Southern Review in the mail, and, though they don't have it on their web page as of today, it's quite an issue, Bret Lott's last as editor. I haven't digested it all yet, but there's a good essay by Charles Baxter about why you don't see a lot of happy literature, and all of the fiction consists of novel excerpts--notably from CofC (my alma mater) alum, Elizabeth Weld, Ron Rash's Serena (to be released this fall), and Lott's own Ancient Highway (to be released this summer).