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Unexpected Duo: The Haunting of Infrastructure

Ai JiangAugust 21, 2021

The Haunting of Hill House & Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention This week’s novel choices, The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Sh...

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Unexpected Duo: Consumption & Sexual Desire

Ai JiangAugust 14, 2021

Goblin Market & The Importance of Being Earnest *Contains Spoilers* I think one of the most common metaphors in literature for sexual desire, ...

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Unexpected Duo: The Patriarchy, Confinement, & The Domestic Sphere

Ai JiangJuly 31, 2021

The Yellow Wallpaper & Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been *Contains Spoilers* This week rather than novels, we'll be taking a look at tw...

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Writer of the Week: Teddy Burnette

Maudlin HouseJuly 30, 2021

Teddy Burnette is from San Diego and is now living in New York City. He writes mostly short stories right now, and likes the idea of writing a novel soon. The s...

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Unexpected Duo: The Fluidity of Culture & The Rigidity of Race

Ai JiangJuly 17, 2021

Their Eyes Were Watching God & Oroonoko Race and culture are sensitive topics and are often explored through innumerable perspectives across hist...

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Unexpected Duo: Trauma Through Iconic Imagery & Individual Experience

Ai JiangJuly 3, 2021

The Best We Could Do & Maus I/II Unlike the novels Beloved and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous that we explored in one of the previous weeks, The...

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Writer of the Week: Wilson Koewing

Maudlin HouseJune 28, 2021

Wilson Koewing is a writer from South Carolina who currently lives in Denver, Colorado. His flash fiction, short stories and essays have appeared or are forthco...

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Clones, Intelligence, Art, and What It Means To Be Human:

Ai JiangJanuary 26, 2021

Never Let Me Go & The House of the Scorpion The work of Nancy Farmer and Kazuo Ishiguro, The House of the Scorpion (2002) and Never Let Me Go (2005...

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The Tragedy and Comedy of Misunderstandings

Ai JiangDecember 20, 2020

Atonement & The Comedy of Errors No matter which period in time, we humans are no stranger to misunderstandings. Yet, various works of literature...

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WEEKLY HOROSCOPE BY ELSA RAINN OAKS

Beatriz SeelaenderDecember 9, 2019

ARIES (March 21st- April 20th) This week, as we meet with the orbit of Neptune, resist the urge to become a full-time vegan. You will not manage, and your fr...

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POETS NOT TALKING ABOUT POETRY: MICHAEL SIKKEMA

Kyle FlakDecember 23, 2017

Michael Sikkema is the author of many books and chapbooks of poetry, including Die Die Dinosaur (Blazevox, 2017) and May Apple Deep (Trembling Pillow Press,...

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Fiction

A Special Connection

Fool’s Gold and Gas Prices

Blue Delusion

Poetry

Sonnet for a Chatbot

Apology Tour

An Easy Death

Flash Fiction

World Domination Pending: Waiting for the Wi-Fi to Connect

Menagerie

Nine Truths and a Lie

Reviews

Inside The Spiral: A Review of Joseph Goosey’s Casey Anthony, Renowned Trapeze Artist

The Weight of the World: A Review of Nicholas Keating Casbarro’s Vitalerium: Descent into the Void

These Efforts are Only Temporary: A Review of James R. Gapinski’s The Museum of Future Mistakes

Interviews

An Interview with Kevin Sampsell about Baby in the Night

An Interview With Abigail Rivera Ramirez

ALL MY GENERATION WANTS: an interview with Austin Davis

Columns

The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee

Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider

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Unexpected Duo: The Haunting of Infrastructure

Unexpected Duo: Consumption & Sexual Desire

Unexpected Duo: The Patriarchy, Confinement, & The Domestic Sphere

Writer of the Week: Teddy Burnette

Unexpected Duo: The Fluidity of Culture & The Rigidity of Race

Unexpected Duo: Trauma Through Iconic Imagery & Individual Experience

Writer of the Week: Wilson Koewing

Clones, Intelligence, Art, and What It Means To Be Human:

The Tragedy and Comedy of Misunderstandings

WEEKLY HOROSCOPE BY ELSA RAINN OAKS

POETS NOT TALKING ABOUT POETRY: MICHAEL SIKKEMA