Bucolic is a Funny Word: An Interview with Alan Michael Parker
Jeff Jackson01.06.15
Jeff Jackson interviews Alan Michael Parker about his latest book, The Committee on Town Happiness, the word bucolic, and the ratings of life items.
Oh Baby I Like It Raw (Just Not That Raw)
Jim Ruland01.05.15
The Dirty Version explores the conundrums of the Wu-Tang Clan’s most notorious member, Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Jim Ruland reviews.
INHERITANCE
Ally Harris01.02.15
“in units of incisors, glittering / dear world / mom called me / bitch”: Donald Dunbar’s editorial tour of the NW concludes with Ally Harris’s “Inheritance.”
God is an American: Bros and Cultural Imperialism in The Interview
Eric Nelson12.31.14
Eric Nelson takes a look at what is unspoken and what is lacking in The Interview.
The Brain That You Want In The Moment That You Want It: A Review of Steven Zultanski’s Bribery
Ed Steck12.30.14
Bribery bears witness as an unrelenting cavalcade of American grotesquery. Ed Steck reviews.
Safe Is Not A Place
Emily Vizzo12.29.14
Emily Vizzo considers defensive architecture and safety, sex dolls and Torrey Pines, the body and the murder of Claire Hough.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Probably)
Nicholas Grider12.24.14
What does “So have yourself a merry little Christmas now” actually mean? Nicholas Grider takes a personal peer into the nature of a Christmas spent alone.
Double Bill
Brian Warfield12.23.14
Brian Warfield looks into the mirror of the mirror of the mirror of Bill Murray in The Razor’s Edge and Groundhog Day.
One Prism of History: On Desire and Secrecy in Wendy Ortiz’s Excavation: A Memoir
Lucy Tiven12.22.14
Identity, fallibility, and self-discovery weave a provocative intuitive fabric for Wendy Ortiz’s memoir centered around a relationship with her teacher. Lucy Tiven reviews.
from Weirde Sister
James Gendron12.19.14
“A demonic version of the sweetest and best person in your life”: Donald Dunbar’s editorial tour of the Pacific NW makes its next stop with an excerpt from James Gendron’s forthcoming Weirde Sister.
