SCARLET is a digital visual/poetic meditation on the fractured state of psyche induced by extended social isolation under COVID-19 lockdown. … More
Author: Heavy Feather
Established in April 2011, Heavy Feather Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, and more. We nominate for national anthologies and writing awards. Writing from HFR has appeared in The New York Times, The Best Small Fictions 2021, The &NOW Awards 3, and The Best of the Net Anthology 2020.
LITTLE EYES, a new novel by Samanta Schweblin, reviewed by Shannon Nakai
In its eyecatching green-and-white cover and deceptively simple title, Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes offers a playful, incisive critique on what … More
“Repetition Is Magical”: Jesi Buell in Conversation with Candice Wuehle, author of FIDELITORIA: Fixed or Fluxed
Candice Wuehle’s most recent poetry collection FIDELITORIA: Fixed or Fluxed centers around the magical elements of our everyday lives. Through … More
HOW HE LOVED THE BONES, a new chapbook by poet Caitlin Scarano, reviewed by Jonathan Kelly
Caitlin Scarano’s latest chapbook How He Loved the Bones takes us on a journey of recovery as we traverse the … More
Side A Video Poem Collaboration by Penn Kemp & Gary Barwin: “The Female Line”
A note on the media: Gary Barwin created the video poem in collaboration with Canadian poet Penn Kemp. Kemp wrote … More
Best of the Net 2021 Nominations
We’re very excited to announce our nominations for Best of the Net 2021. The super talented Gray Hunt has laid … More
“Distance and Memory,” a Side A Essay by Jason Zuzga
My grandmom Victoria (Tomaro) Stracquadanio, born in Boiano, Italy, immigrant to Bound Brook, New Jersey, subsequently married John of Modica, … More
“Cloud-bellies Full of Virgin Birds”: Arturo Desimone Reviews TENSION : RUPTURE, poetry by Cutter Streeby, paintings by Michael Haight
In the prologue to Tension : Rupture poet Cutter Streeby admits to the unpredicted challenges of collaboration between two artists … More
“Buoyant Also”: Liana Jahan Imam on Aisha Sasha John’s TO STAND AT THE PRECIPICE ALONE AND REPEAT WHAT IS WHISPERED
Aisha Sasha John’s most recent chapbook begins with a short page that might double as scrolling titles at the start … More
Saturday Morning Chapbook: EXPENDABLES, a poetry collection by Emma Villazón
In Emma Villazón’s own words, the title of her first collection Temporeras, or “migrant woman farm hands,” translated by Thomas … More
BOYFRIEND PERSPECTIVE, a debut collection of poetry by Michael Chang, reviewed by Stephen Scott Whitaker
Queerness, in Michael Chang’s Boyfriend Perspective, expands infinitely outward and inward in this full-length collection by the non-binary poet. Chang … More
“The Stories We Tell to Keep Ourselves Alive”: Wendy Bourgeois Interviews Thea Prieto, Author of FROM THE CAVES
Thea Prieto’s debut From the Caves, winner of the Red Hen Novella Award, contains an entire post-apocalyptic world that is … More
“The Reasonable Liminality of SILENT HILL 2”: Chris Kelso in Conversation with YouTuber Jacob Geller
As an educator, I can confirm my controversial belief (and with some certainty) that video games are the nascent form … More
“Cordyceps,” a #NoMorePresidents flash essay by Sher Ting
Did you know Cordyceps colonizes the bodies of carpenter ants, chemically hypnotizing them to ascend to the highest point in … More
Bad Survivalist Poetry: “where the space ends” by Anthony Santulli
even maps know that point of view is a lifeless music—that the next sense to evolve … More
