South Bend, Indiana, is a magnet for floral-horror. Summer there is so bright and blue it feels like a threat: … More
Tag: Tarpaulin Sky Press
“Menacing Territory”: An Interview with WOMONSTER poet Olivia Cronk by Logan Berry
Olivia Cronk’s Womonster is a psychedelic exploration of the “impossibility of a coherent self.” Via several poetical modes—imagistic, confessional, gothic, and surrealist—Cronk’s … More
“Rooms Echo Louder without Anything Inside of Them”: Hillary Leftwich Talks to Steven Dunn, Author of water & power
Steven Dunn’s second novel, water & power, is published by Tarpaulin Sky and available to order now. Shortlisted for Granta’s … More
It Was Getting Dark Outside but I Didn’t Want to Stop Reading to Turn the Light On: A Short Interview with Story Prize Judge Joanna Ruocco
I found Joanna Ruocco’s work indirectly—or rather, because contributor and friend Matt Weinkam had interviewed her for the site. And, … More
INTERSEX, by Aaron Apps
Blood bubbles, silver fat, gut foam, chestnut fluid—you’re not supposed to look at or think about these things, but that’s … More