In every trip to get punk t-shirts on Melrose or listen to Pink Floyd at Griffith Observatory she is not merely coming of age; she is coming of culture, of heritage, of community.
A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past – Lewis Hyde
Pledging allegiance to memory makes you feel part of something bigger; that’s the lie, at least.
Buddhism for Western Children – Kirstin Allio
There’s something odd, on the face of it, about a novel sending its protagonist into a therapist’s office.
The Skin is the Elastic Covering that Encases the Entire Body – Bjørn Rasmussen
Rasmussen has managed to stretch the soul in the way a butcher might stretch flesh, asking us to consider the roots of our desires and the depths of our longings.
O! The Scarcity of Gore – Evan Isoline
O! THE SCARCITY OF GORE is cinematic because it acts as if it is already a film. Language is repurposed for new solutions.
The Book of Collateral Damage – Sinan Antoon
Paper is flammable, after all, and to count the dead would take a lifetime.
Savage Conversations – LeAnne Howe
What kind of satisfaction comes with the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for a wrong suffered at their hands, and what kind of pleasure comes with receiving such vengeance? Who has the need, the right, the duty, the perversity?
This complex, psychological portrait of celebrity is a propulsive, enduring narrative that eerily predicts our contemporary digital tensions of the self.
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage – Bette Howland
Of course this is a criminal state of affairs — we’ve forgotten a genius.
The Nocilla Trilogy – Agustín Fernández Mallo
Its formal innovation and experimentation mark THE NOCILLA TRILOGY as stepping into a globalized and networked world