by Alex Estes

Middle C – William H.Gass

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Why are his fictional works read at all? Other than the way he wields metaphor, of which he is by far one of the greatest wielders alive, we read him for his mind. We read him because it’s Gass that gives us something to read.

The Obscene Madame D – Hilda Hilst

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This publication of Hilst’s THE OBSCENE MADAME D may just be the literary miracle of 2012.

How To Get Into the Twin Palms – Karolina Waclawiak

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A book trying to say something that cannot be said directly. A book so full of spaces between clouds.