From Spain
Caren Beilin10.11.18
Fanzine’s ongoing coverage of the brilliant cast of authors appearing at this year’s Letters Festival in Atlanta, running from November 8-10 at the Atlanta Contemporary, begins with a stunning excerpt about Jean-Phillipe Toussaint from Caren Beilin’s memoir, SPAIN.
Ghosts Won’t Keep The Baby Product Royalties Rolling
Joseph Goosey10.10.18
“Blood floods the admin / While playing hostage sitch / Inside of Fort Knox all like / Looky Daddy The Money” Poetry by Joseph Goosey.
This is Work: A Review of Joe Hall’s Someone’s Utopia
Joseph Houlihan10.08.18
Joseph Houlihan reviews Joe Hall’s latest, Someone’s Utopia, exploring the intrinsic link between internet language and brutality, and between work and love.
Big Red, or How Florence Welch Became the Rock-and-Roll Queen of My Messy Queer Heart
Jeremiah Moriarty10.04.18
“The first time I heard a Florence and the Machine song, I was a sweaty, closeted teenager in a hot car, casually getting every cell in my body rearranged by a voice.” Jeremiah Moriarty on self-discovery through art, consumer culture, and escape.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Jac Nelson10.03.18
“Moss grows here, you know? It’s absolute and / unbelievable, our countries, their stoneworks hit with moss fire, it’s redemptive, it’s the / brightest stuff when the sky is a concrete lid.” Poetry by Jac Nelson.
It’s Not Confessional: Meadow Slasher by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Jacob Schepers10.01.18
Jacob Schepers reviews the latest from Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Meadow Slasher, and its interrogation of confession.
Book Album Book: Snail Mail, Lush
Jeff T. Johnson09.27.18
The September edition of Jeff T. Johnson’s Book Album Book column hones in on the warm, lovesick sounds of Snail Mail’s Lush.
Failure Porn
Priscilla Posada09.26.18
“I read an article on Frieze.com, and want to borrow the line ‘beyond repression and fetishization’ from Jörg Heiser. Then I go buy groceries and a new charger for my planned obsolescent-phone.” Fiction by Priscilla Posada.
Reading Pregnancy Test Reviews on CVS.com
Sloane Frederick09.24.18
“I thought women back home were always in pain. I thought I escaped, learned how to live in spite of what happens when life doesn’t roll over its belly for you.” Sloane Frederick on their experiences with family roles, leaving home, and the process of discovering one’s persona.
Drop Out of Life: On Ottessa Moshfegh, Bojack Horseman, and the Convenient Label of Nihilism
Quinn Roberts09.20.18
Quinn Roberts explores overlapping themes of wealth, mental illness, and self-medication in Moshfegh’s latest novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and Netflix’s animated series Bojack Horseman.
