The Ambrose J. and Vivian T. Seagrave Museum of 20th Century Art, by Matthew Kirkpatrick. Cincinnati, Ohio: Acre Books, March…
Kara Dorris Reviews Adam Crittenden’s Poetry Collection BLOOD EAGLE (Gold Wake Press)
Blood Eagle, by Adam Crittenden. Boston, Massachusetts: Gold Wake Press, February 2016. 100 pages. $15.95, paper. In her poem “Spring,”…
“Sixty-Four Opportunities in the Snap of a Finger”: Davis Schneiderman & Ruth Ozeki Discuss Her Novel A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
“A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who…
“Midwest Antique Mall, Financial Troubles, Kidnapping, Etc.”: Alex Higley Talks to Luke Geddes, Author of HEART OF JUNK
Luke Geddes and I first bonded on Twitter over our shared admiration for the little-loved novelist Wright Morris. Like much…
Bad Survivalist: “Hobby,” microfiction by Tyler Dempsey
I’M NOT EVEN SURE YOU’LL get this. They’ll convince you it’s from Earth, ancient. They (those in power).…
Bad Survivalist Microfiction: “Chess Problems” by Steve Chang
—after Diane Williams and James Robison BRIAN RETURNED FROM THE WORLD and found Charlene was deceiving him again.…
Spiritualist Erotica by Erin Lyndal Martin: “The Flower Medium” for Haunted Passages
I WROTE DOWN MY FINDINGS about what happened that night, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell everything. Not…
Micah Zevin Review of Jack Foley’s WHEN SLEEP COMES: SHILLELAGH SONGS (Sagging Meniscus Press)
When Sleep Comes: Shillelagh Songs, by Jack Foley. Montclair, New Jersey: Sagging Meniscus Press, March 2020. 200 pages. $25.00, paper.…
“Wish Me Poetry”: Alexis Quinlan on Sarah Sarai’s poetry collection THAT STRAPLESS BRA IN HEAVEN
That Strapless Bra in Heaven, by Sarah Sarai. American Fork, Utah: Kelsay Books, November 2019. 79 pages. $14.00, paper. It’s…
Yelena Moskovich’s Two Dollar Radio novel VIRTUOSO, reviewed by Hayley Neiling
Virtuoso, by Yelena Moskovich. Columbus, Ohio: Two Dollar Radio, January 2020. 272 pages. $12.74, paper. Yelena Moskovich’s Virtuoso weaves together…
“If you can’t look away, you might as well laugh at this egg heist tragi-comedy”: Cassandra Luca on Deb Olin Unferth’s new novel BARN 8
Barn 8, by Deb Olin Unferth. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, March 2020. 256 pages. $16.00, paper. Just as we continue…
What We’re Reading: February 2020
We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections every…
