“Rachel” appears in The New Guard Volume IX

Due to the various constraints of the COVID emergency across the world, The New Guard had to postpone the release … More

Black Nerd Problems by Omar Holmon and William Evans

Black Nerd Problems is an incredible series of essays from a website that I honestly had not heard of prior … More

Barrytown in the Time of COVID: Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy in Print and on Film in 2021.

Before the pandemic began, my library would host weekly, and one additional monthly book sale. As an official patron and … More

Radio Waves: A Post-Punk Novel by Shawna-Lee I. Perrin

Radio Waves is the independently-released first novel from Shawna-Lee I. Perrin. It tells the story of Viv Pierce, a college-radio … More

Heather, The Totality by Matthew Weiner

Heather, The Totality is a slim debut novel by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner that has a depth as deep … More

Divide Me By Zero by Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar’s newest novel, Divide Me By Zero, is a harrowing piece about the structure of love and relationships as they relate to the … More

#548 W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (W.R.: Misterije Organizma) (1971)

“Death to Male Fascism.” WR Mysteries of the Organism is a fascinating 1971 film from Serbian director Dušan Makavejev. Originally screened at … More

Middle C by William Gass

Should humanity, in all of its cruelty, be allowed to endure? Such is the repeated refrain of William Gass’ Middle … 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

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