Fromins Ode

Philip Dinolfo

07.22.15

“In Fromins I nurse a hangover with pancake-style matzo brie and rye toast, and marvel at the deli’s permanence.” New flash fiction from Philip Dinolfo.

A Strawberry Bed: The Collages of John Ashbery and Guy Maddin

Todd Colby

07.21.15

Todd Colby reviews an exhibition of collages by John Asbhery and Guy Maddin at the Tibor de Nagy gallery in Manhattan thru July 31.

Baked Goods: Encountering Sean Baker’s Cinema

Tanner Tafelski

07.20.15

Tanner Tafelski takes a look back at the three most recent films by Sean Baker, recently including Tangerine, a feature film shot via the iPhone5.

Vintage Stationary with Message to Diane

Brad Phillips

07.17.15

New text-image from Brad Phillips, selected by Late Summer poetry editor, Penny Goring.

More Than Love: A Review of Bound: An Ode To Falling In Love

Dalton Day

07.16.15

“In the future (which isn’t too far off now, about fifty years or so, I’d guess), the scientists of the world will study love. ” Dalton Day reviews a new collaboration between Carolyn DeCarlo and Jackson Nieuwland.

Agave Landscape

Derick Dupre

07.15.15

“Ellen looked to the cloudbright sky and visualized contrails spelling out #NOFILTER, then #NATURALEZAMUERTA.” New short fiction from Derick Dupre.

We Can Objectify Transwomen, Too: Conversations about Caitlyn Jenner

Kati Heng

07.14.15

Kati Heng talks with strangers during Pride Week in Chicago’s Boystown about Caitlyn Jenner.

Smithereens: On Robert Walser’s Microscripts

Gary J. Shipley

07.13.15

An in-depth look into Robert Walser’s notoriously claustrophobic “microscript” style of making text.

GAMES FOR GIRLS

Porpentine Charity Heartscape

07.10.15

“This electronic device scans a nearby person and says if they’re in the same hell as you or a totally separate hell”: Four new poems from Porpentine Charity Heartscape, selected by Late Summer poetry editor, Penny Goring.

Adjustment Disorder: On Reading Rob Halpern’s Common Place

Dodie Bellamy

07.09.15

“Halpern filters autopsy language through various lyrical and analytic modes, melding it with Whitman, Genet, Foucault, 19th century autopsy manual, Wikileaks document, de Sade, de Beauvoir, Alice Notley, Marx, Hegel, Baudelaire, etc.” Dodie Bellamy reviews.