Inside/Out – Joseph Osmundson

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I’ll admit here that I definitely have a crush on Joe Osmundson. It’s one of those queer crushes where you’re unsure of its origin, but quite sure of its force.

William Gass, Prophet of the Midwest

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Gass saw all this coming from the vantage point of the Midwest. Perhaps the flatness and lack of skyscrapers allowed him to see farther.

Anemal Uter Meck – Mg Roberts

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The book foregrounds its seams because this book is also about its own making.

The Book of Resting Places – Thomas Mira y Lopez

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Mira y Lopez’s encyclopedic interests flirt with the ready information saturation of the current moment, but his facile movement between subjects, both cerebral and intimate, honor the careful attention of authorship over hiveminded wikis.

Overburden

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I’ve become someone who hates to let things go.

Solar Bones – Mike McCormack

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Perhaps the novel’s greatest value is in demonstrating that unorthodox writing strategies need not make a literary work difficult for a patient reader.

The End, an Introduction

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The pieces you will find in this issue address not just the end, but perhaps what happens after.

Infinite Ground – Martin MacInnes

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This is much more than a book with multiple endings (or even multiple worlds); this is an impressive exploration of porosity.

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