Skinny Legend
Frankie Allegra07.09.18
Frankie Allegra explores internet stalking and the spectacle of self in this consideration of a recent online social media persona obsession of her own.
Actual Tiny Tigers: A Review of DOUBLE BIRD by Bud Smith
Josh Denslow07.05.18
The unreal melds with the real in Bud Smith’s new collection of short fiction, Double Bird. Josh Denslow reviews.
The Man with No Face
Peter Markus07.03.18
“At night, the man with no face lifts his no face face. It is as if it is a raised up hand. As if to ask for help. There is no help in these woods.” New fiction by Peter Markus.
I Still Wander Through Graveyards: An Interview with Lauren Ireland
Jon-Michael Frank07.02.18
Lauren Ireland in conversation with Jon-Michael Frank about devastation, crystals, death, and her third book of poems, Feelings.
IN SEARCH OF DUENDE: SHADOWED! IS A 2018 AFTERIMAGE OF ELLEN ROTHENBERG’S 2015 EXHIBITION
August Evans06.28.18
“Encountering SHADOWED! for me was very much this feeling—of how to navigate, moment by moment, the real kernel of a passed thing.” The duende of Ellen Rothenberg’s 2015 solo exhibition, elsetime, and the 2018 book that examines it, Green Lantern Press’s SHADOWED!.
Concrete Deck
Jack Christian06.27.18
“We had a concrete deck. That spring I liked to sit out on it, drink about two beers, put on Bruce Hornsby and the Range, and try to look forward to getting older.” New fiction by Jack Christian.
No One is There: A Review of Tongo Eisen-Martin’s Heaven is All Goodbyes
Emily Liebowitz06.25.18
Emily Sieu Liebowitz reviews Tongo Eisen-Martin’s latest collection of poems, Heaven is All Goodbyes.
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.
