THE RED IN THE RIVER wasn’t blood, at first. It was iron. Just sediment eroded from mountain rocks that…
“From Extract to Artifact”: Review of Max Brett’s PANK Books poetry collection NOR DO THESE by Juliana Converse
Nor Do These, by Max Brett. PANK Books, March 2019. 60 pages. $16.00, paper. To introduce his first book, Max…
Hybrid Prose Poem: “Midway Down Fairmount” by Rogan Kelly for Bad Survivalist
LATER, BEFORE WE SOLD IT for a loss but after you were gone, I drove up the massive hill in…
RIFT ZONE, a Red Hen Press poetry collection by Tess Taylor, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
Rift Zone, by Tess Taylor. Pasadena, California: Red Hen Press, April 2020. 112 pages. $16.95, paper. Given the way history…
Haunted Passages: “Black Magic,” a short story by Karen Petersen
A RUNAWAY HIPPO, TYPHOID FEVER, and a charge of theft had not figured in my plans for a tranquil…
#NoMorePresidents Essay: “You’re Not Dead” by Reverie Koniecki
DON’T YOU THINK IT’S CREEPY that your name is written there and you’re not dead? I ask. Why do you…
Haunted Passages: “The Unhaunted Poem” by Kim Sousa
X-Files child, I always wanted to brush up against the paranormal. Grant me a final girl foggy day. Though,…
A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY, essays by Billy-Ray Belcourt, reviewed by Christina Ghent
A History of My Brief Body, by Billy-Ray Belcourt. Columbus, Ohio: Two Dollar Radio, July 2020. 142 pages. $11.99, paper.…
“Emotional Resonances”: Jesi Buell Chats with Tariq Shah about His Debut Novel WHITEOUT CONDITIONS (Two Dollar Radio)
Tariq Shah’s Whiteout Conditions is a slim book that, by centering on death, allows its protagonist to explore life. Ant, the…
“On Slipping Code”: Stephanie Strickland’s new and selected poems HOW THE UNIVERSE IS MADE, reviewed by Alexis Quinlan
How the Universe Is Made: Poems New & Selected 1985-2019, by Stephanie Strickland. Boise, Idaho: Ahsahta Press, March 2019. 304…
“Accidental and Inevitable”: Marcus Pactor Talks to Christian TeBordo about His Short Story Collection GHOST ENGINE
Christian TeBordo’s Ghost Engine has everything I always want from a short story collection. These pieces are darkly humorous, formally…
“The Straw Man”: 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…
