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Tina Brown Celona

12.11.15

“I am afraid to look out the window because I am afraid I will look into the eyes of the bobcat.” New poetry from Tina Brown Celona, selected by Fall poetry editor, Julia Cohen.

Getting to Funky Town: On Lyric and Fantasy in Micah Ling’s Flashes of Life

Lucy Tiven

12.10.15

Ekphrasis takes on pop icons from David Bowie to Otis Redding in Micah Ling’s latest collection. Lucy Tiven reviews.

Skylight

The Institute for Erotic Vertigo

12.09.15

“The background information is mentioned but refused development. There is only the present in the text, no future, no past.” New prose from The Institute of Erotic Vertigo, a collective.

There Are No Hipsters in This Book: An Interview with Alex Mar about Witches in America

Kati Heng

12.08.15

Kati Heng interviews Alex Mar about her new book, Witches in America, and the place of witchcraft and paganism in broader culture.

The Pollock Streets: Ted Berrigan’s Art Writing, Part I

Nick Sturm

12.07.15

Nick Sturm takes an eye to Ted Berrigan’s lesser known approach to prose, focusing here specifically on his art writing, including critiques on Carl André and Alice Neel.

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Sade Murphy

12.04.15

“Sometimes it feels like my bones are vibrating inside of my skin. Nikki is showing me a picture of a goat.” New poetry by Sade Murphy, selected by Fall poetry editor, Julia Cohen.

“Smitten by the algae”: A Review of There Was So Much Beautiful Left

Manuel Arturo Abreu

12.03.15

manuel arturo abreu examines the line between trauma and tragedy at work in Raul Alvarez’s stylistically wild debut collection, There Was So Much Beautiful Left.

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Sarah Gallien

12.02.15

“I try to see how still I can be. I can be very, very still.” New short fiction by Sarah Gallien. Art by Danny Jock.

“The Handgun’s In The Mail”: An Interview With Daniel Nester

Chris McCreary

12.01.15

Chris McCreary talks New Jersey, original sin, and personal history with Daniel Nester through the lens of Nester’s latest, Shader: 99 Notes on Car Washes, Grief, Making Out in Church, and Other Unlearnable Subjects.

Four Months Enduring the Short Temper of America

Eric Wallgren

11.30.15

Eric Wallgren with an essay detailing his experience working at a call center in 2012.