“You Remember, Don’t You?”: Meghan Lamb Reviews Harold Abramowitz’s Blind Spot

This book has built a space to wander through. The narrator is going to wander. The reader may follow him, … More

THE SKY ISN’T BLUE by Janice Lee

I used to annoy my sister by insisting that the sky was white and the clouds were blue. It annoyed … More

Insignificana, stories by Dolan Morgan, reviewed by Tyler Barton

Think Kafka for the absurdism, for the nihilistic subjects. Think Lydia Davis for the story-as-grammatical-game. Think of the pranksterism of … More

Nothing but the Dead and Dying, stories by Ryan W. Bradley, reviewed by Leland Cheuk

The title of Ryan W. Bradley’s eighth book, Nothing but the Dead and Dying, pulls no punches. Set in Alaska, … More

Alexandra Naughton’s AMERICAN MARY

In 2014, Sophie Katz wrote “We Don’t Have To Do Anything.” In it, Katz detailed a trip to New York … More

The Uncomfortably Ugly, the Stupidly Human, and the Beauty of the Mundane: A Review of Robert Vaughan’s ADDICTS & BASEMENTS

Robert Vaughan’s Addicts & Basements is a slim volume of flash fiction and poetry coming in at just under one hundred … More

Matt Meets Vik, by Timothy Willis Sanders

Matt Meets Vik is probably the second novel I have read that is post-9/11. It is also the first novel … More

Noir: A Love Story, a novel by edward j rathke, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

There is something to be said about authors who manage to publish their first writings. There are always tales of … More

Paper Champion, by Shane Jones

Paper Champion, by Shane Jones, is like one hundred eighteen right hooks to your pillow. Like all the things you almost thought you said. It’s a volcano with a false start, plus a thousand. It’s a book you wish you’d read when you were three, and forty-three. If this book were an igloo, it would float. If this book were a sign, it would … More