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Tag: Ryan Werner

Zachary Kocanda on Ryan Werner’s Brainwashing Miss Teen Nosebleed USA, a book of one sentence album reviews

I was introduced to Ryan Werner’s work when I read and reviewed his novella Soft (Passenger Side Books, 2015) a … More

Brainwashing Miss Teen Nosebleed USA, Passenger Side Books, Ryan Werner, Zachary Kocanda

BRAT, a graphic novel by Michael DeForge, reviewed by Ryan Werner

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. For years now Michael DeForge has been building these fucked-up worlds that … More

Brat, Koyama Press, Michael DeForge, Ryan Werner

ACTIVAMERICA, a story collection by Meagan Cass, reviewed by Ryan Werner

I’m a bad loser and an even worse winner. My wife won’t go mini-golfing with me. I’ve slammed bar stools … More

ActivAmerica, Meagan Cass, Ryan Werner, University of North Texas Press

Jesse Jacobs’s CRAWL SPACE

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. One time at the preschool where I work, a four-year-old asked me … More

Crawl Space, Jesse Jacobs, Koyama Press, Ryan Werner

VHS & WHY IT’S HARD TO LIVE by Tatiana Ryckman

Memory is built from pieces of itself: perfect enough at best, like a glued-together mirror or you or me. This … More

Ryan Werner, Tatiana Ryckman, VHS & Why It's Hard to Live, Zoo Cake Press

Dan Mancilla’s THE DEATHMASK OF EL GAUCHO

I would assume that writing about professional wrestling is infinitely harder than writing professional wrestling itself. The conceit of wrestling … More

Dan Mancilla, Little Presque Books, Passages North, Ryan Werner, The Deathmask of El Gaucho

THE WELL-DRESSED BEAR WILL (NEVER) BE FOUND by J. Roselló

The titular Well-Dressed Bear of J. Roselló’s The Well-Dressed Bear Will (Never) Be Found doesn’t seem to ever finish reading … More

J. Roselló, Publishing Genius, Ryan Werner, The Well-Dressed Bear Will (Never) Be Found

SOFT, by Ryan Werner

There’s not much to writing rock and roll music. A popular quote says all you need is three chords and … More

Passenger Side Books, Ryan Werner, Soft, Zachary Kocanda

BALDUR’S GATE II, by Matt Bell

  Once a year, I drive an hour and a half to get pictures with some old wrestlers in Waterloo, … More

Baldur's Gate II, Boss Fight Books, Matt Bell, Ryan Werner

TRUE FALSE, by Miles Klee

Whereas some writers try out different voices, Miles Klee tries out different worlds. In True False, ghosts come alive, men … More

cinematic bent, Literature, luck reading, Miles Klee, OR Books, Roberto Bolaño, Ryan Werner, the Department of Methods, the voice, True False

If There’s Any Truth in a Northbound Train, by Ryan Werner

In Ryan Werner’s slim, beautiful collection, If There’s Any Truth in a Northbound Train, twins vie for birthright order, a … More

Brett Beach, If There's Any Truth in a Northbound Train, Passenger Side Books, Ryan Werner

Murmuration, by Ryan Werner

Ryan Werner’s Murmuration sort of creeps out from the distance like the starlings in the title story—you’ll see. These five … More

Austin Hayden, Murmuration, Passenger Side Books, Ryan Werner

The Stone Thrower, by Adam Marek

I recently went to the wedding of a friend I’ve had for over twenty years. Mostly I did the things … More

Adam Marek, ECW Press, Ryan Werner, The Stone Thrower

Any Deadly Thing, by Roy Kesey

Sometimes I remember that the world is big. I remember this in the context of thinking about how the world … More

Any Deadly Thing, Dzanc Books, Roy Kesey, Ryan Werner

Review: The Law of Strings, by Steven Gillis

As I am an idiot, it’s unsurprising that I was not the speaker at my college graduation. I was nominated … More

Atticus Books, Ryan Werner, Steven Gillis, The Law of Strings

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