Book Reviews |
Interviews |
EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE
by Mo Daviau February 2016 Lauren Prastien reviews Mo Daviau's smart new novel, Every Anxious Wave (St. Martin's Press, 2016), which "makes you feel like you’re at a bar with old friends during one of those nights you hope against the laws of time won’t end." |
LORI OSTLUND & ANNE RAEFF AT HOME
by Mackenzie Evan Smith April 2017 Lori Ostlund and Anne Raeff discus reading, writing, and living with another writer |
UNBECOMING
by Rebecca Scherm August 2015 Emily Nagin reviews Rebecca Scherm's debut novel, Unbecoming (Viking Press, 2015), a thoughtful exploration into restoration, seduction, and theft. "In writing a book about fraud, Scherm has created a deeply honest story." |
A POOLSIDE CONVERSATION
WITH MOLLY PEACOCK by Marci Calabretta August 2015 Molly Peacock discusses boundaries, formal poetry, and being an autodidact before turning the tables on interviewer Marci Calabretta. |
IF THE TABLOIDS ARE TRUE
WHAT ARE YOU? by Matthea Harvey January 2015 Ines Pujos reviews Matthea Harvey's If the Tabloids Are True What Are You? (Graywolf Press, 2014), a visually stunning exploration in mixed media, mermaids, aliens, and Elvis. |
FRANCES JUSTINE POST INTERVIEW
by Ines Pujos October 2014 Ines Pujos interviews Frances Justine Post about feral-ness and self-portraits in her debut collection, Beast (Augury Books, 2014). |
CITIZEN: AN AMERICAN LYRIC
by Claudia Rankine January 2015 Nick Narbutas reviews the long-awaited follow-up to Don't Let Me Be Lonely. Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2014) is arguably the “best defense of poetry we have now." |
THE OTHER SIDE
by Lacy M. Johnson October 2014 Fiction Editor Emily Nagin reviews Lacy M. Johnson's harrowing and breathtaking memoir, The Other Side (Tin House Books, 2014). |
ROME
by Dorothea Lasky October 2014 Senior Editor Ines Pujos reviews Dorothea Lasky's latest poetry collection, the humorous and unapologetically daring Rome (Liveright, 2014). |