ESSAYS ONE, the first nonfiction essay collection by fiction writer and translator Lydia Davis, reviewed by Marcus Pactor

Essays One, by Lydia Davis. New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, November 2019. 528 pages. $30.00, hardcover. Lydia … More

Callista Buchen’s debut prose poetry collection LOOK LOOK LOOK, reviewed by Christen Kauffman

Look Look Look, by Callista Buchen. Black Lawrence Press, October 2019. 60 pages. $16.95, paper. Look at the mother—the way … More

Because What Else Could I Do, by Martha Collins. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, October 2019. 64 pages. $17.00, … More

Johanna Robinson’s flash novella, Homing, is a revelation not only in its form—flash chapters pinpointing specific moments in time in fewer … More

The extraordinarily productive life of curator, artist, and activist Margaret Burroughs was largely rooted in her work to establish and … More

Relief by Execution: A Visit to Mauthausen, by Gint Aras. Mystic, Connecticut: Homebound Publications, October 2019. 94 pages. $12.95, paper. … More

We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections every … More

CW: sexual assault

Heed the Hollow, by Malcolm Tariq. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, November 2019. 128 pages. $16.00, paper. There is something about … More

In her invalid’s bunk on the steamer Virginia, the Nurse cannot stop throwing up. When the boat is in … More

John Madera’s fiction may be found in Conjunctions, Opium Magazine, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many … More

Famine (Get the hell outta here while you still can), by Joshua Rodriguez. Alien Buddha Press, August 2019. 118 pages. … More