Reclaim What Is Ours: Sandra Simonds’s Steal It Back
Gina Myers03.24.16
Sandra Simonds melds domestic discontent with the unpredictable in her new collection, Steal It Back. Gina Myers reviews.
Brief Bio
Evan Lavender-Smith03.23.16
“The spreadsheets folder on Evan Lavender-Smith’s laptop includes two files: 1) creditcarddebt.xls and 2) shortstorysubmissions.xls.” Recursive new short fiction by Evan Lavender-Smith.
Album Roundup: February 2016
Scott Creney03.22.16
Scott Creney’s Music Roundup is your binary guide to starting the new year like you ended the last one: listening for the better, truer mess, including looks at recent releases by Savages, Rihanna, Future, and David Bowie.
Reality Is Diabolical: The Representational Masks in Bergman’s Persona
Kevin Catalano03.21.16
Kevin Catalano with a critical look at Ingmar Bergman’s provocative classic film Persona.
A LIST OF HERBS I WANT YOU TO TASTE IN MY MIND IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
Stacey Tran03.18.16
“I spin around so fast in the electronics department I accidentally hug a man who / isn’t my dad / how could I mistake a stranger for the person who taught me to use a computer?”: A new long poem by Stacey Tran, selected by late winter poetry editor Ed Steck.
What Are We Violence: Jennifer MacKenzie’s My Not-My Soldier
Kent Shaw03.17.16
Kent Shaw moves through the overwhelm of violence–and the questions of responsibility–in Jennifer MacKenzie’s My Not-My Soldier.
Dirty
Meghan Lamb03.16.16
“NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO LANGUAGE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE LANGUAGE NO MORE LANGUAGE NO MORE NO MORE”: Formbending new fiction by Meghan Lamb.
Uncapping the Press: CA Mullins on Bottlecap Press
Carolyn DeCarlo03.15.16
Carolyn DeCarlo follows up on her profile of Bottlecap Press with a conversation with publisher CA Mullins about the ins and outs of running an independent press.
Thirty-Two
Molly Brodak03.14.16
“Here I was, visiting my dad in prison again, just like I did when I was 15, now more than twice as old. What was I looking for? What was I really expecting from him?” An excerpt from Molly Brodak’s memoir Bandit, forthcoming from Grove/Atlantic in 2016.
THE ERSTWHILE EPOCH!
Charity Coleman03.11.16
“I’d saw my arm off for the sake of boundaries now but / I remember when it was otherwise like I remember when / extinction wasn’t a free pass for perennial despair”: A new poem by Charity Coleman, selected by late winter poetry editor Ed Steck.
