Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: Jasmine Sawers’ The Anchored World Is an Eerie, Haunting Voyage

Like the very best tangled and violent folklore passed down to us, Jasmine Sawers’s The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore, (Rose Metal Press), is eerie and beautiful. A […]

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Lit, Poetry, Reviews

Book Review: A Kind of Poetry, The Fact of Memory, by Aaron Angello

The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and FabricationsBy Aaron AngelloRose Metal Press In a piece titled “Think,” Aaron Angello tells of two conversations about what makes a poem a poem. In […]

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Fiction, Interviews, Lit

Interview: Pigeon English: A Talk with Author Kathleen Rooney

Chicago writer Kathleen Rooney recently released her latest novel, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. A fictional retelling of the true story of World War I’s “Lost Battalion” (though mostly regarding […]

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Monster Portraits is Charmingly Inscrutable

Monster Portraits is refreshingly original, starting with its unusual form. It’s a collaborative effort between brother and sister duo Del Samatar and Sofia Samatar: Del sets the foundation of the […]

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