*** Elizabeth Johnston‘s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Satirist, New Verse News, and…
“Portrait of Desperation”: Paige M. Ferro on Rachel Lyon’s Novel SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY
Self-Portrait with Boy, by Rachel Lyon. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, February 2018. 384 pages. $26.00, hardcover. David…
“WITH EDGES THAT MOVE. A river. A crisis.”: Carrie Lorig Talks about THE PULP VS. THE THRONE
In spring 2016 I interviewed Carrie Lorig about her book The Pulp vs. the Throne (Artifice Press), and her now-published…
“Playing Catch-Up”: A Conversation with Allison M. Charette on Translating Fiction from Madagascar
Allison M. Charette translates literary work from the French, with a growing interest in the literature of Madagascar. Her translation…
“Samson,” a poem comic by Corey Oglesby
*** Corey Oglesby is a poet, musician, and illustrator from the Washington, D.C., area. His work has recently…
Four Poems by W. Todd Kaneko
Oh, Say Can You See I can’t see anything without my glasses, except the world’s blurred words, the moon’s glow…
Three Poems by Millissa Kingbird
CW: sexual assault
Poetry: “VW Ramblings” by Kat Cameron
Found poem on a VW bus Check ego. Pay attention. I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe. Where are we…
“Eye of the Other,” an essay by Toti O’Brien
Five years after its publication I have read Rachel Kushner’s second novel, The Flamethrowers1. My intention isn’t to…
“Race Day,” an essay by Freda Epum
I board a bus and it seems as though there is a sea of Black people. If it weren’t for…
ACTIVAMERICA, a story collection by Meagan Cass, reviewed by Ryan Werner
ActivAmerica, by Meagan Cass. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, October 2017. 192 pages. $14.95, paper. I’m a bad…
Poetry: “Swallowed Whole” by Christopher Latin
even my god/ can be colonized even my body/ is a preexisting condition but what/ of love/ do we have…
