The High Heaven – Joshua Wheeler
The High Heaven strays far from southern New Mexico. And yet, part of its power derives from the ways in which the region remains present.
Lonely Women Make Good Lovers – Keetje Kuipers
For Kuipers, the body is the departure point for exploration
Battalion Shaped Girl – Temperance Aghamohammadi
For Aghamohammadi, sensory input is more than data; it is life’s performance of a song by way of you
[Whitmore] wrote a classic queer book that has fortunately been given a new life and retains all its powerful weirdness
Realistic Fiction – Anton Solomonik
Realistic Fiction offers a playful interrogation of genre and storytelling, and provides knowing insight into the trap of normative gender.
You have to let in the world. I have to let in the world in order to get a book to the point that it’s even ready, because I really rely on my readers to help shape it.
She wrestles and keens, freezes and thaws in private, in public, and alongside a group of people “with whom a shared sense of intimacy and care earned from years of study together makes possible a warm way of thinking.”
Ṣẹ̀gílọlà Arómirẹ́ Ògìdán – Àrẹ̀mọ Yusuf Àlàbí Balógun
Her anger lives in the syntax, in sentences that run long, breathless, or suddenly halt.
Sakina’s Kiss – Vivek Shanbhag
SAKINA’S KISS is an attempt to travel between two […] islands, the village Gothic and the urban global
Things a Bright Boy Can Do – Michael Chang
Chang revels in the chaotic energy of contemporary randomness