Interview by Tara McGuire Peter Orner’s new collection Maggie Brown & Others (Little, Brown and Company, 2019) was released in early July. The New York Times calls Orner “A master of his form.” Tara McGuire spoke with Peter Orner...
By Jess Taylor This story is an excerpt from Jess Taylor’s new collection “Just Pervs”, which is now available from Book*hug Press Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, from one bad dream or another. I get...
We’re thrilled to announce the nine stories longlisted for our annual Creative Non-fiction contest: Madelena Grossmann, “Refuge” Tabitha Siklos, “Half Scissor” Sheena Koo, “Mangosteen Guy” Barbara Tran, “Peerless” Jamie L. Smith, “Mythology Lessons” Caroline Goodwin, “Otters” Shelley Pacholok, “The...
Alm had some things he needed to do in town early, so Fanny could get a lift if she liked. As he drove, he drank coffee from a paper cup. It looked as though he was holding it in...
Grotesque TendernessDaniel CowperMcGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019 Review by Mark Grenon Flannery O’Connor wrote “When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced labor camps and in the fumes of the...
Questions by Cara Nelissen What follows below is an interview with the author Paul Zits, in which he talks the writing process and inspiration for his latest book Exhibit (University of Calgary Press, 2019), as well a poem from...
Vic City ExpressYanis Tsirbas. Translator: Fred A. ReedBaraka books, 2018 Review by Sanad Tabbaa Vic City Express by Yannis Tsirbas is, above all else, a practice in world-building. Similar to the little maps on the inside cover of pop...
Bina: A Novel in WarningsAnakana SchofieldKnopf Canada, 2019 Review by Marisa Grizenko “Don’t arrive at the end of this tale insisting it was too long or too wide or too unlike you. I am not interested in appealing to...
Mouthful of BirdsSamanta SchweblinPenguin Random House, 2019 Review by Alexandra Valahu Sometimes, when you wake up from a vivid dream, a feeling or an emotion lingers on, even though you can’t remember the particular details and edges of what...