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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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Happy Unicorn

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A review of New Madrid by Robert Tomaino

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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