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Megan Merchant & Luke Johnson Lyric Epistolary Collaboration for Side A
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EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE, a fiction collection by Zac Smith, reviewed by Michael G. Barilleaux
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“There Was Always Something More I Had to Know”: Marcus Pactor Interviews Gabriel Blackwell
Gabriel Blackwell never repeats himself. Each of his seven books offers a distinct approach to fiction, bending forms and genres…
Exclusive Excerpt from AND YET, a book-length speculative essay by Jeff Alessandrelli
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“Genre and Selfhood and Speculation, Endless”: Jeff Alessandrelli on writing AND YET
Genre and Selfhood and Speculation, Endless I recently published a book that, like thousands of books, is nebulous vis-à-vis genre.…
“Trudging Through the Universe / As A Gigantic Lonely Eyeball”: An Interview with Gion Davis by Jeremy Boyd
Gion Davis’ debut poetry collection Too Much, forthcoming September this year, won the 2021 Ghost Peach Press Prize selected by…
Heavy Feather Review 