Book Album Book: Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel
Jeff T. Johnson06.21.18
Introducing: Book Album Book, a new column by Jeff T. Johnson that looks to read albums as cohesive works of literature. This week, Johnson kicks us off with an introduction to the series, followed by a study of Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel.
Abelard and Heloise
Troy James Weaver06.20.18
“A crashing of glass, the candles and lamps out of flame, a voice like a whisper coming at me from all angles, then a light at first dim then coming on brighter and brighter in the mirror.” New fiction by Troy James Weaver.
Despair Is Contagious: On First Reformed
Ken Baumann06.18.18
Ken Baumann on the ongoing functions of certainty and despair as seen in Paul Schrader’s latest film, First Reformed.
AT THE CENTER OF THE WASP
Evelyn Hampton06.13.18
“Shit that was once flowers became shit again.” New fiction by Evelyn Hampton.
“To One Who Governs the Pauses”: LM Rivera’s The Drunkards, or The Book of Years and the Radiant Void
Julia Madsen06.12.18
“LM Rivera’s captivating debut collection, The Drunkards, or The Book of Years, presents ecstatic lyrical-philosophical excursions that simultaneously think, play, drink, and feel, inhabiting a fluid and open space where anything can happen and possibility is just within reach.” Julia Madsen reviews.
What Goes Up
Maya McCoy06.11.18
Maya McCoy with a meditation tracing her family’s immigrant roots to her own experience growing up among the “white working class” in northwest Ohio, not far from Cedar Point amusement park.
Portrait of my Mother
Mike Corrao06.07.18
“I would not like to read another Pynchon novel, / especially if it is written by someone else.” New work by Mike Corrao.
The Heat Map: Exciting New Music from An Alien Earth
Thomson Guster06.05.18
Who are LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMITTEE? Who are THE SLOT ADDIX? Thomson Guster’s index of new alien music sheds some light into the celestial aural future.
Either Way, I Lived: An Interview with Chelsea Hodson
Lauren Grabowski06.04.18
Lauren Grabowski in conversation with Chelsea Hodson upon the release of her essay collection, Tonight I’m Someone Else, out this week from Henry Holt.
Purse Map
Jessica Lawson06.01.18
“ENCLOSED SPACE / ‘used to be a men’s toilet'” New work by Jessica Lawson.
