What nihilism describes are the effects of living within a collapsed universe.
In order to access truth, poetry must “deviate from that which is familiar.”
The Complete Gary Lutz – Gary Lutz
Lutz’s stories are less the literary equivalent of stylized Instagram snapshots or artsy TikTok videos than careful montages made from the serial recordings of a surveillance camera
In MANHUNT, coming of age means coming to grips with powerlessness.
Justice Piece // Transmission – Lauren Levin
The felt political reality flickers into visibility: readers experience themselves caught in the weft, in contact with and transformed by a perspective that couldn’t have been otherwise articulated.
Touch Me Not: A Most Rare Compendium of the Whole Magical Art
Okay, sure — but what exactly happens if you perform magic with #FakeSigils?
BTTM FDRS – Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore
One wonders what kind of blood-curdling monster story might have come out of CLTR VLTR.
Exquisite Mariposa – Fiona Alison Duncan
Its first bites taste like mainstream contemporary fiction; they go down easy, like candy, or like a Sally Rooney novel. But as you continue to chew — because this novel is chewy — you encounter something quite different.
Autobiography of Horse – Jenifer Sang Eun Park
Maybe the horse is fucking with her.
Devonte Travels the Sorry Route – T.J. Anderson III
Poetry starves without the sharing of ideas and drafts, books and meals, misery and laughter.