“A Storytelling Masterclass”: Gillian Perry on Nana Nkweti’s WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS (Graywolf Press)

Nana Nkweti is unafraid. Unafraid to interlace myth and reality. Unafraid to embrace the polyphony of voices that tell her … More

Andrew Farkas Reviews Adam Tipps Weinstein’s THE AIRSHIP: INCANTATIONS (FC2)

In Thomas Pynchon’s V., some of the characters, Benny Profane in particular, engage in “yo-yoing,” an activity that involves going … More

OUTRÉ, a “Hörnblowér” novel by D. Harlan Wilson, reviewed by Evan St. Jones

Intro. The world building in D. Harlan Wilson’s Outré slaps you in the face during its introduction and never shows … More

MONA AT SEA, a novel by Elizabeth Gonzalez James, reviewed by Maria Judnick

“I’m unemployed, I’ve never had a boyfriend, I live with my parents in the most boring town on the planet, … More

“the sun I can afford”: Zachary Kinsella on Protest and Compromise in that’s what you get by Sheila Maldonado

that’s what you get, Sheila Maldonado’s second full-length collection, offers rich, emotional weight with a kind of ease that is … More

“Matthew Burnside Crafts Stories from a Wiki”: Michael Maiello Investigates the novel WIKI OF INFINITE SORROWS

Wiki is an acronym for “What I Know Is,” and wikis have sprung up all over the internet, covering everything … More

DEATH AND SO FORTH, scintillating short fictions told and retold by Gordon Lish, reviewed by Nathan Blake

A woman leaves town on business, phones her husband when the plane touches down. “How’s the cat?” she asks. “The … More

“An Examination of My Mother’s Life through the Poetry of Nehassaiu deGannes”: MUSIC FOR EXILE Reviewed by Byron Armstrong

Read aloud, Nehassaiu deGannes’ new book of poetry, Music for Exile, might sound like my grandmother crooning lullabies to the … More

Edward M. Cohen’s BEFORE STONEWALL, an Awst Press novel selected by T Kira Madden, reviewed by Stephanie Bohland

A life in the closet, a life before Stonewall, was an act of performativity—a daily exercise in trying to simultaneously … More

THE REINCARNATIONS by Nathan Elias, a story collection from Montag Press, reviewed by Pedro Ponce

The elevator pitch version of this review might read something like “Twin Peaks meets Raymond Carver.” In his debut story … More

I WILL NOT NAME IT EXCEPT TO SAY by Lee Sharkey: A Poetry Review by Robert Dunsdon

Young poets, hotheads newly converted and ablaze with ideas, crane their necks and clear their throats, eager for their song … More

AND THEN THE GRAY HEAVEN, a novel by RE Katz, reviewed by Lillian Barfield

And Then the Gray Heaven by RE Katz centers around Jules, a queer young adult who has emerged from foster … More

A Review of Alice Kaltman’s DAWG TOWNE by Alexandra Pennington

Alice Kaltman’s novel Dawg Towne features interchangeable narrative perspectives among six members of the tiny suburban Towne who each offer … More

QUEENZENGLISH.MP3, a poetry | philosophy | performativity anthology edited by Kyoo Lee, reviewed by Ben Tripp

Most publishers now are more risk-averse than ever. And this while also, globally, we are led to believe that English … More

A THOUSAND CURVES, a Red Mountain Editor’s Choice Award-winning poetry collection by Paul Nemser, reviewed by Noreen Hernandez

Paul Nemser’s childhood connection to poetry began in Portland, Oregon, where he passed the time reading poems in the storage … More