A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed, by Jason Brown. Columbia, Missouri: Missouri Review Books, December 2019.…
STORY, Jennifer Firestone’s fifth book of poetry from Ugly Duckling Presse, reviewed by David Karp
Story, by Jennifer Firestone. Brooklyn, New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, December 2019. 144 pages. $14.00, paper. One regular feature of…
“Leave Them Wanting More”: Gay Degani Interviews TENDER CUTS Author Jayne Martin
Jayne Martin, author of the collection of tiny stories, Tender Cuts (Vine Leaves Press, 2019), is hailed as “A badass…
NO GOOD FOR DIGGING, Dustin M. Hoffman’s second story collection from Word West Press, reviewed by Joaquin Macias
No Good for Digging, by Dustin M. Hoffman. Missoula, Montana: Word West Press, December 2019. 110 pages. $12.50, paper. In…
“mother, child : art doesn’t help,” an excerpt from Lance Olsen’s novel MY RED HEAVEN
Set on a single day in 1927, My Red Heaven imagines a host of characters—some historic, some invented—crossing paths on the streets…
Clancy McGilligan’s 2019 Prize-Winning Novella HISTORY OF AN EXECUTIONER, reviewed by Erica Chamberlain
History of an Executioner, by Clancy McGilligan. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, January 2020. 117 pages. $20.00, paper. Warning: Spoilers…
Melissa Duclos’s Debut Novel BESOTTED, reviewed by Genevieve Shuster
Besotted, by Melissa Duclos. Brooklyn Heights, New York: 7.13 Books, March 2019. 248 pages. $16.99, paper. Melissa Duclos’s Besotted tells…
WHISPERS IN THE EAR OF A DREAMING APE, a horror short story collection by Joshua Chaplinsky, reviewed by Avery Cook
Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape, by Joshua Chaplinsky. Clash Books, October 2019. 174 pages. $13.95, paper. Joshua…
UNDOLL, a YesYes Books National Poetry Series debut collection by Tanya Grae, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
Undoll, by Tanya Grae. Portland, Oregon: YesYes Books, September 2019. 104 pages. $16.20, paper. After finishing a book, it’s not…
Layla Saleeby on SOFT FRUIT IN THE SUN, Oliver Zarandi’s debut story collection from Hexus Press
Soft Fruit in the Sun, by Oliver Zarandi. Hexus Press, September 2019. 168 pages. $19.99, paper. Despite its focus on…
Rayanna Pinnock on LIKE WINGS, YOUR HANDS, Elizabeth Earley’s sophomore novel
Like Wings, Your Hands, by Elizabeth Earley. Pasadena, California: Red Hen Press, October 2019. 288 pages. $17.95, paper. The relationship…
“Samples from a Wichita Mountains Ontology,” a hybrid haunting by Seth Copeland
One summer a man fell while rappelling in the Narrows//We could hear him moan up on a cliff/his…
