Ben Tanzer’s SEX AND DEATH

With a title as provocatively Freudian as Sex and Death, a reader might expect a book of stories that never … More

The Blood of a Tourist, by William Taylor Jr.

The Blood of a Tourist, by William Taylor Jr., is a relentless collection of poetry. Set decisively in the Tenderloin neighborhood … More

It’s always thrilling—and reassuring—to discover a talented new writer in his very first book-length effort. Such is the case with … More

Jeffrey Hecker’s Instructions for the Orgy begins with the preparation of “the loving space.” “Delouse” it, the speaker tells the … More

In his debut chapbook, Samuel Snoek-Brown takes readers through the lives of characters who struggle with what it means to … More

Rusty Barnes’s first novel, Reckoning, is the story of Richard, a fourteen-year-old country boy, who finds a woman naked and … More

The publication of a revised edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is always … More