A Question of Form
Jeff Alessandrelli07.17.14
Jeff Alessandrelli talks form and contemporary poetry through a review Edward Hirsch’s A Poet’s Glossary.
Wherever You Lodge: On Green Girl
Kari Larsen07.10.14
Kari Larsen underlines the importance of the portrayal of contemporary young women in new fiction, through the lens of Kate Zambreno’s Green Girl.
Christmas Island & Andrew Jackson Jihad’s View of the World Through a Lens of Junk
Kaptain Carbon07.08.14
Kaptain Carbon takes a look at the latest release from Andrew Jackson Jihad, folk punk, and dividing audiences.
On Distance and Departure: A Review of Spencer Madsen’s You Can Make Anything Sad
Lucy Tiven07.07.14
Lucy Tiven unpacks the threads of affection, love, masturbation, and humanity alive in Spencer Madsen’s You Can Make Anything Sad.
A Review of Change Machine
Ginger Ko07.01.14
Bruce Covey’s latest, Change Machine, employs a wide range of styles, tactics, impressions, to wondrous result. Ginger Ko reviews.
The Secret Life of Girls: A Review of Nobody Is Ever Missing
Courtney Maum06.23.14
Courtney Maum reviews cult favorites, mordant humor, and Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey.
Bald New World
Vi Khi Nao06.19.14
“What will it take to regrow or manufacture a soul?” asks Vi Khi Nao, in her exploration of Peter Liu’s existential metafiction, Bald New World.
Babble Cry: A Review of mUtter-bAbel
Paul Cunningham06.12.14
Voids and wombs and wounds abound in Christine Wertheim’s latest onslaught, mUtter-bAbel. Paul Cunningham reviews.
My Own Saint: A Review of Letters of James Agee to Father Flye
Nathaniel Popkin06.11.14
Nathaniel Popkin reviews despair, evil, organs, and The Letters of James Agee to Father Flye.
Thoughts on Crystal Eaters by Shane Jones
Mark Baumer06.02.14
Mark Baumer takes his wild eye to Shane Jones’s newest novel, Crystal Eaters, released this week from Two Dollar Radio.
