book reviews

A Review of The Distortions by Christopher Linforth

Alana M. KelleyJune 9, 2022

In The Distortions, Christopher Linforth explores the mundanities of life that continue to exist after war, where generational grief continues to linger. In the...

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A review of New Madrid by Robert Tomaino

Mallory SmartDecember 13, 2021

To step into New Madrid is to step into a new reality entirely. From the first sentences, it is immediately felt that the world that Robert Tomaino has built is...

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Night Cruising: A Review of Whimsy by Shannon McLeod

Nicholas BoniAugust 21, 2021

Whimsical—anything but. Whimsy Quinn, the ironically named anxiety-hero of Shannon McLeod’s 2021 novella Whimsy, is a middle-school English teacher and a wom...

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I FELT SMALL INSIDE MYSELF: A REVIEW OF ELLE NASH’S NUDES

Keegan SwensonAugust 6, 2021

I saw Elle Nash read at KGB on a Friday night. The East Village bar was packed with the usual suspects: friends of the author, aspiring writers, literary social...

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Fiction

The Bridge

Scared Smart

RINGS

Poetry

Poem where I imagine myself as part of the Donner Party

When Candy Becomes a Footnote

Happy Happy Joy Joy

Flash Fiction

He even freaked out on Bruce Willis

Short Shallow Breaths

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Reviews

Two Tongues: A Review of Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada

That Main Character Moment: a review of Bad Thoughts by Nada Alic

A Review of The Distortions by Christopher Linforth

Interviews

Find the Shard of Beauty: An Interview with Rebecca van Laer

Sayantani Dasgupta’s Misbehaving Women an interview byJ aya Wagle

Art for Life’s Sake: An Interview with John Madera, Editor of Big Other

Columns

The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee

Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider

book reviews

A Review of The Distortions by Christopher Linforth

A review of New Madrid by Robert Tomaino

Night Cruising: A Review of Whimsy by Shannon McLeod

I FELT SMALL INSIDE MYSELF: A REVIEW OF ELLE NASH’S NUDES