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

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

“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 HIGH ALIVE: AN EPIC HOODOO DIPTYCH by Carlos Sirah, reviewed by Dave Karp

The 3rd Thing Press, a small Olympia, Washington, press, is explicitly committed to cross-genre, inter-surrectional experimental writing; it publishes books … More

PINE, a poetry collection by Julia Koets, reviewed by Carolyn Oliver

Pine, winner of the Michael Waters Poetry Prize, is the second book of poems by Julia Koets (author of Hold … More

THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS, a story collection by Caroline Kim, reviewed by Philip Clapper

The stories in Caroline Kim’s collection The Prince of Mournful Thoughts all relate in some way to Korea, Koreans, or … More

“Reacting to Crisis”: Tania Pabón Acosta on Margaret Emma Brandl’s TUSCALOOSA (OR, IN APRIL, HARPIES)

Margaret Emma Brandl’s new novella, Tuscaloosa (Or, In April, Harpies) (released this July as an eBook), tracks two sisters on … More

“Finding Fruits in My Palms”: A Review of Katie Farris’ A NET TO CATCH MY BODY IN ITS WEAVING by Tiffany Troy

Katie Farris’ chapbook, A Net to Catch My Body in Its Weaving, is more than a chapbook of haunting; it … More

“Response as Strategy”: A Review of Claudia Rankine’s JUST US by Ben Lewellyn-Taylor

Around the time that Donald Trump became a serious presidential candidate, many Americans in the U.S. took an active interest … More

AN INSOMNIAC’S SLUMBER PARTY WITH MARILYN MONROE, a poetry collection by Heidi Seaborn, Reviewed by Deborah Bacharach

An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe, I could pick this book up for the title alone: funny and terrifying … More

“Print Is Not Dead”: Peter Valente on A POETICS OF THE PRESS: INTERVIEWS WITH POETS, PRINTERS, & PUBLISHERS

A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets, Printers, & Publishers contains sixteen interviews Kyle Schlesinger did with publishers from … More

IRE LAND (A FAERY TALE), a mixed-genre fantasy by Elisabeth Sheffield, reviewed by Noreen Hernandez

Elisabeth Sheffield uses exquisite language and control over a palimpsest of mixed genres in Ire Land (a Faery Tale). She … More