Miriam McNamara was born in Ireland, raised in the Southern United States, and now lives in the Midwest. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont … read more about Interview with Novelist Miriam McNamara
by Raki Kopernik
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Fiction
Interview with Novelist Miriam McNamara
The City Above and Below
by Matthew E. Nesheim
Excerpted from The City Above and Below: Song of the Weaver - Book One (2018, Lamplight)
12.11.2387 – Planet Vellus, just outside Alba … read more about The City Above and Below
by Matthew E. Nesheim
A Painter’s Secret
by Matt Whelihan
I met Toad during a rough time. I mean, I wasn’t sick or addicted or anything. Nobody I knew had just died, and I wasn’t living on the streets. It was … read more about A Painter’s Secret
by Matt Whelihan
Poetry
DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES
by Nicole Steinberg
amidst my deadlines death circles closer / shifting
from internet strangers to friends of friends / … read more about DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES
by Nicole Steinberg
HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE PASSOVER AT A TIME LIKE THIS
by Nicole Steinberg
years of immersion have taught me: there is nothing more
jewish than to commemorate great … read more about HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE PASSOVER AT A TIME LIKE THIS
by Nicole Steinberg
When the Storytellers Found Me
by Catherine-Esther Cowie
Most nights I don’t think of it,
the blood on my teeth,
my white dress, stained
with soot and wet … read more about When the Storytellers Found Me
by Catherine-Esther Cowie
NONFICTION
Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss
Image courtesy Kelly Sikkema
The scrap yard at the north end of my long city street hummed like a dystopic … read more about Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss
Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan
Academics who study science fiction have typically been fixated on what they see as its privileged relationship with … read more about Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan
The Miracle of Ordinary
by Janette Schafer
The only things that remain of his past as a drug dealer are the physical indicators: pocked track marks in the creases of … read more about The Miracle of Ordinary
by Janette Schafer
REVIEWS
The Art of Poetry And Translation: How The Disappearing Ox Reimagines a Buddhist Parable
by Aya Kusch
The Disappearing Ox is available for $28 at Brilliantbooks.com
In the 1990s, the artist Max Gimblett suggested a novel yet … read more about The Art of Poetry And Translation: How The Disappearing Ox Reimagines a Buddhist Parable
by Aya Kusch
Peter Milne Greiner, Temporal Cyborg
by Christopher Cokinos
Lost City Hydrothermal Field
by Peter Milne Greiner
The Operating System, 2017
148 pp., $18
The poet David Wojahn … read more about Peter Milne Greiner, Temporal Cyborg
by Christopher Cokinos
Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
(reviewed by Brian Satrom)
THOUSAND STAR HOTEL
by Bao Phi
Coffee House Press (2017)
110 pages
reviewed by Brian Satrom
What authors empathize … read more about Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
(reviewed by Brian Satrom)
TRANSLATIONS
The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)
Translator’s Note: Under communist rule, the government strongly discouraged celebration of religious holidays. In a … read more about The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)
[The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)
The nightingale is plucking out its feathers. So what if it pulls them all out? I bought you a flower. You said it had … read more about [The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)
Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)
Mr. Z still had many things to do. He always woke up early and prepared his mind to get them done properly. He looked around … read more about Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Novelist Miriam McNamara
by Raki Kopernik
Miriam McNamara was born in Ireland, raised in the Southern United States, and now lives in the Midwest. She has an MFA in … read more about Interview with Novelist Miriam McNamara
by Raki Kopernik
Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, … read more about Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
Interview with Flash Forward host and producer Rose Eveleth
by Sarah Augusta
Rose Eveleth is a producer, designer, writer, and animator. Currently, Rose is the producer and host of Flash Forward, a … read more about Interview with Flash Forward host and producer Rose Eveleth
by Sarah Augusta
