I recently read both Rusty Brown (2019), Building Stories (2012), and The Complete Quimby The Mouse (2003) and reviewed all…
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…
Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgård
“…I myself was so removed from the world, I was never really in it – perhaps because I had once…
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…
“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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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).…