A Dying Fall / Elly Griffiths
A Dying Fall, A novel by Elly Griffiths, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Murder with its usual dash of mayhem, bleak British landscape,...
Vulgar Remedies / Anna Journey
Poetry by Anna Journey, Vulgar Remedies. Louisiana State University Press. In “Eden and My Generation,” Larry Levis claims that the poet...
Stealing History / Gerald Stern
Stealing History: Essays by Gerald Stern W. M. Lobko Gerald Stern on the former U.S. general Stanley McChrystal: “…he was and is...
Animal Eye / Paisley Rekdal
Animal Eye by Paisley Rekdal W. M. Lobko Paisley Rekdal opens her fourth book of poetry with the following salvo: “And then I thought,...
Eudora Welty, Whiteness, and Race / Ed. Harriet Pollack
Eudora Welty, Whiteness, and Race by Harriet Pollack Patrick Osborne Over the last few decades, literary critics have struggled to...
Book Review by Jeffrey Allen
The Youngest Butcher in Illinois by Robert Ostrom Jeffrey Allen There is much out there that implies an expansive existence, a belief...
Book Review by Keith McCleary
The Man Who Noticed Everything by Adrian Van Young Keith McCleary “Hard Water,” the opening story in Adrian Van Young’s debut collection,...
Book Review by David Moody
Kings of the F**king Sea, Poetry by Dan Boehl, Art by Jonathan Marshall David Moody On a shelf, Kings of the F**king Sea by Dan Boehl...
Book Review by April Manteris
Nostalgia for the Criminal Past by Kathleen Winter April Manteris From the opening, title poem in her debut collection, Nostalgia for the...
Book Review by Micah Dean Hicks
Windeye by Brian Evenson Micah Dean Hicks Brian Evenson’s latest collection, Windeye, is a book that will ruin you. Between stories,...
