Markus Egeler Jones is a fascinating new voice in American writing, and his magical, disturbing first book of fiction blends an unsettling vision of human beings… Read more “How the Butcher Bird Finds Her Voice, by Markus Egeler Jones”
After Hours, by Pat Mottola
Pre-orders now accepted! Ships in April 2018. Like the bar siren of the opening poem, this sweeping collection lures the reader in with trailblazing wit, wisdom,… Read more “After Hours, by Pat Mottola”
And So We Die, Having First Slept, by Jennifer Spiegel
Pre-orders now accepted! Ships in early December 2018. “Weird, true, and singular.” —Kyle Minor, Praying Drunk “Middle-class and middle-aged, yearning to be both ‘normal and extraordinary,’ Brett… Read more “And So We Die, Having First Slept, by Jennifer Spiegel”
The West Twenty-First Review, Volume 1
An anthology of works by Art Farm residents, summer 2017, including poetry, essays, photography, drawings, engravings, designs, and installation art. Download free PDF here or purchase black and… Read more “The West Twenty-First Review, Volume 1”
Submerged–John Findura
In Findura’s post-diluvian lyrical apocalypse, the covenant of the rainbow is reneged, replaced by an anxiety of everyday pathologies we all feel and recognize, whether living near… Read more “Submerged–John Findura”
Louder Than Everything You Love–Nicole Ross Rollender
In this haunted and searching debut, Nicole Rollender intones the music of the body and its bones. Bones ring out from these pages as bells ring… Read more “Louder Than Everything You Love–Nicole Ross Rollender”
Moving, Being Moved–Sandra Fees
Sandra Fees, in Moving, Being Moved, is able to integrate a child-like wonder with an adult wisdom in a language that is at once imaginative and musical,… Read more “Moving, Being Moved–Sandra Fees”
The Things a Body Might Become–Emari DiGiorgio
To read these poems is to know without doubt that it’s no cliché: vulnerability is indeed strength – and strength, when given language, becomes a call to… Read more “The Things a Body Might Become–Emari DiGiorgio”
Saint of the Partial Apology–Melissa Atkinson Mercer
In Melissa Atkinson Mercer’s Saint of the Partial Apology, I’ve rediscovered the terrifying pleasures of awe, of limbs that part like orchids in black rain, of maps made… Read more “Saint of the Partial Apology–Melissa Atkinson Mercer”
