Tomás González’s Difficult Light is a heart-wrenching portrait of grief and the ripples that extend from tragic moments in a…
Fraternity by Benjamin Nugent
In his newest collection of short fiction, Ben Nugent has captured the spirit of America’s disassociation with the true gravity…
The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen (and directed by Stuart Hagmann)
The Strawberry Statement was one of those surprise purchases from a library book sale. There was something about a slim…
Here We Are: My Friendship With Philip Roth by Benjamin Taylor
As a fan of Roth’s and a lover of nontraditional platonic relationships, this book seemed to me to capture the…
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…
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,…
Garrett Zecker 