IMAGINARY MUSEUMS by Nicolette Polek, a very real story collection from Soft Skull Press, reviewed by Erin Flanagan

Imaginary Museums, by Nicolette Polek. New York, New York: Soft Skull Press, January 2020. 128 pages. $15.95, paper. This slim … More

AVERY COLT IS A SNAKE, A THIEF, A LIAR, a debut novel by Ron A. Austin, reviewed by Erin Flanagan

Avery Colt is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar, by Ron A. Austin. Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Southeast Missouri State University … More

A Lucky Man, by Jamel Brinkley. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, May 2018. 264 pages. $26.00, hardcover. Absent fathers abound in … More

Augustus Rose’s first novel, The Readymade Thief, is a fervent mix of art, deceit, puzzles, subterfuge, coincidence, and meaning, all … More

Melissa Fraterrigo’s first novel in stories, Glory Days, captures the desperation and beauty of living in the hardscrabble Midwest. Populated … More

Cities I’ve Never Lived In, by Sara Majka. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, February 2016. 192 pages. $16.00, paper. From the … More

You Should Pity Us Instead, by Amy Gustine. Louisville, Kentucky: Sarabande Books, February 2016. 256 pages. $15.95, paper. Amy Gustine’s … More

The Loss of All Lost Things, by Amina Gautier. Denver, Colorado: Elixir Press. 216 pages. $19.00, paper. Winner of the … More

Bryn Chancellor’s collection When Are You Coming Home? won the 2014 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Her stories have appeared in … More

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah Hepola. New York, New York: Grand Central Publishing, June 2015. … More

There’s Something I Want You to Do, by Charles Baxter. New York, New York: Pantheon, February 2015. 240 pages. $24.00, … More

Get In Trouble, by Kelly Link. New York, New York: Random House, February 2015. 352 pages. $25.00, hardcover. Kelly Link’s … More