Lankier Than A Polar Bear: An Interview with Rachel Bell

Andrew Duncan Worthington

10.29.15

Andrew Worthington catches up with Rachel Bell about the Midwest, singing, religion, rape, and her new book, WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LIFE WITH YOU BEING HAPPY.

Cow

Mark Baumer

10.28.15

“Sometimes when he gets handed meat he will immediately begin eating it, but other times if he’s feeling obedient he will wait until he’s parked his truck and he’s alone.” New short text by Mark Baumer. Art by Danny Jock.

Ruin Review 1

Sean Kilpatrick

10.27.15

The first of an ongoing series by Detroit native Sean Kilpatrick, in which the author takes work as a door-to-door fundraiser in a city already in the midst of immeasurable decay.

“I Dare You”

Nichole L. Reber

10.26.15

Nichole L. Reber’s memoir essay in which Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits reveal just as much about the viewer: “I can just imagine you pressing me on, saying, ‘Go on. I dare you.'”

Annapurna, Two Layers of Croquis

Kim Yi-deum

10.23.15

“In a one-hundred-liter sample, there are one million sperms.” New poetry from Kim Yi-deum, translated from the Korean by Jiyoon Lee, Don Mee Choi, and Johannes Göransson, and selected by Fall poetry editor, Julia Cohen.

Bats of the Republic: A Piece of Unnatural History

Carolyn DeCarlo

10.22.15

Zachary Thomas Dodson’s Bats of the Republic combines sci-fi, mystery, steampunk, and many other modes with continuously innovative design. Carolyn DeCarlo reviews.

TEENAGERS’ NEED

Tim Jones-Yelvington

10.21.15

“Ever since the phone calls had begun, my nights had become dreamless.” Psychologically undoing new short fiction from Tim Jones-Yelvington. Art by Danny Jock.

Pink Museum: An Interview with Caroline Crew

Grace Shuyi Liew

10.20.15

Grace Shuyi Liew in conversation with Caroline Crew about regression, propulsion, collaboration, and much more.

Cada día, cada día and How to Get Through the Next

Meghan Broughton

10.19.15

Megan Broughton chronicles a trip to Spain and back home: “Along with old familiarity arrives the new understanding that closure is perhaps not what one seeks or perceives it to be.”

Two Poems

Laura Eve Engel

10.16.15

“For fun I try making travel plans without myself.” Two new poems from Laura Eve Engel, selected by Fall poetry editor, Julia Cohen.