Review Of Every Review I’ve Read Of The Sidekicks’ Runners In The Nerved World

Jordan Castro

04.30.15

An exhausted look at the way a record is reviewed nearly the same way every time, over and over, with almost nothing to actually say.

How to Live In An Insect If The Dumpsters Have No More Carbs

Mark Baumer & Lorian Long

04.29.15

“I think if I ever get a face tattoo I will get ‘I am currently the dumbest person on earth compared to every future version of myself’ because I want to read it every time I look in a mirror.” Lorian Long and Mark Baumer in conversation about dumpster diving, raw food, exercise, and life.

Clouzot’s Wound: Lara Mimosa Montes on L’enfer

Lara Mimosa Montes

04.28.15

Lara Mimosa Montes revisits Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1964 film L’enfer and asks, “What can be gleaned from thirteen (unlucky) hours of exposed footage?”

DEEPER WAYS OF NOT BEING ANYTHING: A CONVERSATION WITH SOPHIA KATZ

Guillaume Morissette

04.27.15

Guillaume Morissette speaks with Sophia Katz about internet shitstorms, drugs, and her debut book, The Title Of This Book Is An Inside Joke.

Two Poems

Sandra Simonds

04.24.15

“I read & I read & I read & I read. / My husband left and found a new house.” Two new poems by Sandra Simonds, selected by Summer poetry editor, Sasha Fletcher.

Tiny Rocks: Miniatures, Macabre, & Meaning-Making in Sarah Jean Alexander’s WILDLIVES

Lucy Tiven

04.23.15

“Alexander’s poems oscillate between emotional realism and surrealistic image.” Lucy Tiven reviews.

tabloid photograph of david duchovny wielding starbucks (an ekphrast)

Grant Maierhofer

04.22.15

“I’m like a dog grieving the death of its owner in perpetuity without knowing this means I’m free.” New short fiction from Grant Maierhofer, from his forthcoming collection, Marcel.

You’re Still Bound by Time: An Interview with Shya Scanlon

Frances Chiem

04.21.15

Shya Scanlon in conversation with Frances Chiem on place, time, and genre in his new novel, The Guild of Saint Cooper.

Further Research on the Role of Human Tears

Dennis James Sweeney

04.20.15

Dennis James Sweeney examines the human impulse to cry, the role of tears, and our capacity at persistence.

Two Poems

Nalini Edwin

04.17.15

“They hired a multimedia guy to do video and multimedia / and audio and multimedia and databases and multimedia.” Two new poems by Nalini Edwin, selected by Summer poetry editor, Sasha Fletcher.