An apex, a superlative, a community in despair. “Rusty Brown,” “Building Stories,” and “Quimby the Mouse” by Chris Ware

I recently read both Rusty Brown (2019), Building Stories (2012), and The Complete Quimby The Mouse (2003) and reviewed all … More

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

I had first experienced Murata’s work after reading Dwight Garner’s great review and Motoko Rich’s work in the New York … More

Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgård

“…I myself was so removed from the world, I was never really in it – perhaps because I had once … More

Static in the Jungle: “Ducks, Newburyport” by Lucy Ellmann

The sheer contemporariness of this book in terms of what it is about, how it is executed, and the meanderings … More

“Ma Bell,” Garrett’s New Short Story

Garrett’s new short story Ma Bell was just released in the Winter 2020 issue of Parhelion Literary Magazine. Click here … More

Sea Above, Sun Below by George Salis

Sea Above, Sun Below is George Salis’ spectacular debut novel that takes a striking existential approach to combining faith, obsession, … More

Team Seven by Marcus Burke

Marcus Burke’s Team Seven is the striking story of a black family (and friends) facing the variety of social expectations … More

Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison

I was first introduced to Leslie Jamison when I heard her speak in Whitefield, New Hampshire and was a member … More

Zecker’s “Rachel” is among The New Guard

Garrett Zecker’s story “Rachel” has been chosen as a semifinalist in the Machigonne Fiction Contest judged by Elizabeth Hand, welcoming … More

The Red Daisies of Prague Spring – Garrett Zecker — Porridge

An exploration of feminist indulgence, excess, and gratification via the colour red in Věra Chytilová’s Czech New Wave masterpiece Daisies (1966). … More