Author: Heavy Feather
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“Nothing Not Nothing in Jeff Alessandrelli’s Poetry Collection Fur Not Light”: A Review by Michael Sikkema
Magic not poetry Ongoingness not epiphany Absurdism not nonsense The 32nd of December not New Year’s Poetry not magic Fur Not Light, Jeff Alessandrelli’s second book with Burnside Review Press, has had me wandering its psychogeography for a week. First off, to be clear, Fur Not Light led me to flip Guy Debord’s idea of…
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“Empathic Editors”: Wednesday Work Day Interview by Hillary Leftwich
Wednesday Work Day is a series started by editor Hillary Leftwich to showcase and support creatives who offer services, both in-person or online, and are impacted by the pandemic and the shutdowns both statewide as well as in other countries. The series will showcase one business or individual that is still able to provide a…
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Hayley Neiling Reviews Jeffrey Condran’s New Story Collection Claire, Wading into the Danube by Night
In Claire, Wading into the Danube by Night, Jeffrey Condran paints vivid portraits of people who are often neither likeable or unlikable. He takes snapshots of their lives and hands them to us in intimate detail. From an actress who steps into the shoes of someone much more successful than she, to a hostess cake…
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Two Novels: Howl Revisited and Green Detectives by Mike Corrao, reviewed by Ryan Bollenbach
Mike Corraro’s Two Novels offers a surreal diary-like meditation on the embodied power of art that turns the hunt for inspiration into a corporeal and visceral concern. Howl Revisited, the first of the two sequences, is a fugue-like journey in prose poem snippets depicting the speaker’s relationship with Allen Ginsberg, undead and risen from the…
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“May 11th”: An Unreleased Collaborative Erasure by Amaranth Borsuk & Andy Fitch
Ryan Bollenbach here. Heavy Feather Review is publishing short pieces on the blog from writers who have collaborated on previous projects in order to give potential collaborators ideas and stoke excitement for The Zachary Doss Friends in Letters Memorial Fellowship (collaboration itself being the biggest takeaway I hope to create from all this). Please read…
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“‘The Will to Survive Is a Force That Never Discriminates’: Literature and Global Environmental Refugees and Other ‘Forsaken’ Peoples” by Cristina Deptula for Bad Survivalist
More people are refugees than ever before, and more people are able to publish and read books than ever before. Many other brilliant essayists have looked at how the dislocation of migration has showed up in the form as well as the content of literature. How can writers most effectively craft pieces that inspire people…
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“A Great Mentor Is the Kind That Teaches You How to Kill the Mentor”: John Kazanjian Interviews David Leo Rice
David Leo Rice’s novel ANGEL HOUSE is the story of an ensemble cast brought into existence by Professor Squimbop, who serves as the town’s creator, destroyer, and pedagogue. Squimbop’s role in his creation complicates the lives of the town’s people and compounds his growing existential ennui. The result is an examination of the creative process,…
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“The Things You Think When Not Taking a Dump,” Bad Survivalist list fiction by Steve Gergley
1. Jesus 2. Shit 3. Goddammit 4. This is ridiculous 5. Two more sets of push-ups and then it’s on to the squats 6. But seriously why is this even happening? How the hell can food keep going in when nothing comes out? 7. It’s not like you’ve skimped out on your workouts or eaten…
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“Jewel Thieves and Butlers and Cellophane Graves”: J. MacBain-Stephens Reviews Jessie Janeshek’s Poetry Chapbook Channel U
The backcover page of Jessie Janeshek’s recent chapbook, Channel U, excerpts Reddit to define Channel U: “Stands for ‘UHF’ or Ultra High Frequency. With the TV tuned to ‘U’ that would enable a second tuning knob that allowed you to get to the higher channels.” Then there are comments from SomeGuyNamedPaul and IronSloth because of…
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