It All Changes: An Interview with Monica Drake
Kati Heng07.19.16
Monica Drake, author of Clown Girl and the story collection The Folly of Loving Life, answers questions about ghosts, meds, old Portland, and motherhood.
The Bedrooms of Our Childhoods: On The Incantations of Daniel Johnston by Scott McClanahan and Ricardo Cavolo
Kimberly King Parsons07.18.16
Scott McClanahan and Ricardo Cavolo’s intercostal collaboration on a graphic novel of cult singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston’s life rewards its reader with surprising and moving nuance depicting the life of a true outsider. Kimberly King Parsons reviews.
Going to Poland
Haley Markbreiter07.15.16
“Yur;t hates poems / it’s all neo-nationalist Lithuanian shit / from the second to last / break from the Russian Empire, / which still exists.” New poetry by Haley Markbreiter, from summer poetry editor Lucy Tiven.
I Feel Discouraged About the Future: A Review of Anna Moschovakis’s They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This
Natalie Eilbert07.14.16
Shades of Kierkegaard and Alice Notley come together in Anna Moschovakis’s latest collection, They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This. Natalie Eilbert reviews.
Mireille Enos Owns Petit Trois
Fortunato Salazar07.13.16
“Mireille Enos was teaching her how to wield a certain gizmo that resembled an amulet and converted bars of bullion into butter. Or maybe it was the other way around…” New fiction by Fortunato Salazar.
Count Backwards from 10: Andrea Kneeland’s Top 10 Songs Ruined By Exes
Steven T. Hanley07.12.16
The second installment of Steven T. Hanley’s curation of artists’ making love lists brings us Andrea Kneeland’s list of her top ten songs ruined by her exes, including Elvis Costello, Joanna Newsom, and Hank Williams, Sr.
Three Jawns: Cruelty, Mitski, and Death
Sarah Rose Etter07.11.16
“Hype is typically bullshit.” This month’s installation of Three Jawns dips into Maggie Nelson’s exploration of cruelty in art, a live set by New York’s Mitski, and Katie Roiphe’s index of writers’ takes on death, The Violet Hour.
Two Poems
Oscar d'Artois07.08.16
“arcs of water bloom / from wet hair flips // WWIII is coming”: Two new poems by Oscar d’Artois, from summer poetry editor Lucy Tiven.
Doing Too Much: Death and the American Vacation
Jac Jemc07.07.16
What’s more American than Disney World? Maybe being unable to relax from worrying about dying at Disney World? Jac Jemc breaks down all the anxious intricacies of travel and consumption from within the heart of the most visited resort in the world.
Ruin Review 3: Atlanta
Sean Kilpatrick07.06.16
“Please note your rot. No one online does.” Sean Kilpatrick’s tour of American ruin pulls through Atlanta, GA and ends up in a boxing bar near the airport, contemplating how it feels to be a human amid humans.
