Famine (Get the hell outta here while you still can), by Joshua Rodriguez. Alien Buddha Press, August 2019. 118 pages.…
“call the necromancer”: Four Poems by Leia Penina Wilson
volta OR these snapdragon flower seed pods look like little skulls because it’s all imagination & horror baby can…
THIS PARTICULAR HAPPINESS, a Forest Avenue Press memoir by Jackie Shannon Hollis, reviewed by Katharine Coldiron
This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story, by Jackie Shannon Hollis. Portland, Oregon: Forest Avenue Press, October 2019. 294 pages.…
XEROX OVER MANHATTAN, an Apocalypse Party novel by Shane Jesse Christmass, reviewed by Bryce Jones
Xerox Over Manhattan, by Shane Jesse Christmass. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Apocalypse Party, January 2019. 103 pages. $8.99, paper. Narrative buttons smashed.…
“We’re a Creepy Bunch”: Hillary Leftwich Talks to Sarah Read, Author of the Story Collection OUT OF WATER
Sarah Read is a force in the horror genre and has a long-standing history of publications in numerous top tier…
IN THE DREAM HOUSE, a Graywolf Press memoir by Carmen Maria Machado, reviewed by Benjamin Kinney
In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, November 2019. 210 pages. $26.00, hardcover.…
CL Bledsoe Reviews Nathan Leslie’s Ninth Story Collection HURRY UP AND RELAX
Hurry Up and Relax: Stories, by Nathan Leslie. Washington, DC: Washington Writers’ Publishing House, October 2019. 210 pages. $18.95, paper.…
Kat Solomon on Lindsay Lerman’s Debut Novel I’M FROM NOWHERE
I’m from Nowhere, by Lindsay Lerman. Clash Books, September 2019. 170 pages. $14.95, paper. Lindsay Lerman’s debut novel I’m From…
“our next nominee should remember”: A Six-Poem Suite by Michael Chang
our next nominee should remember ne-VAD-da always moisturize hand sanitizer is your friend and clorox, for when you get to…
“The Hypothetical Men Behind THE HYPOTHETICAL MAN”: Jesi Buell on a TRNSFR Books collaborative novel-in-stories by Paul Maliszewski & Ryan Weil (?)
The Hypothetical Man, by Paul Maliszewski & Ryan Weil. Grand Rapids, Michigan: TRNSFR Books, March 2019. 176 pages. $15.95, paper.…
THE BOOK OF DANIEL, the fourth collection from Pitt Poetry Series Author Aaron Smith, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
The Book of Daniel, by Aaron Smith. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, October 2019. 108 pages. $17.00, paper. If…
What We’re Reading: October 2019
We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections every…
