Djinn City, by Saad Z. Hossain Review by John Venegas When it comes right down to it, can anything be said to be more essential to the fantasy genre then trying to find one’s place…
Collection by Roger Santiváñez Translated by Elsa Costa Review by Vicent Moreno “I feel the materiality of language most intensely when writing poetry. It is a push/pull relationship where the material resists. You have a…
Novel by Chris Campanioni Review by Michael Browne Writer Chris Campanioni gives a crucial glimpse into our modern narcissism with his new book of memoir / non-fiction / hybrid text / does it really…
Novel by Dasa Drndic Translation by Celia Hawkesworth Review by John Venegas It is seductively easy to view humanity’s forward trek in time as story of progress. We look at the history of our…
Poetry collection by Marosa di Giorgio Translation by Jeannine Marie Pitas Review by Chris Muravez This first comprehensive collection of English translations of Marosa di Giorgio’s poetry brings to the Anglophone-sphere an occult, surreal,…
Poetry by jos charles Review by T.m. Lawson I must have read this book of poetry twenty different times in the last few years. Once during a romantic trip with my (now ex) boyfriend; another…
Chapbook by Seth Pennington Review by John Venegas Let’s get something sorted out before we get started: you are a mind, a soul if you want, spinning in circles on the skin of a planet…
Essays by Fleur Jaeggy Translated by Minna Zallman Proctor Review by John Venegas I imagine that most of us are worried, on some level, how we will be remembered. A lot of that is the…
Collection by Olvido García Valdés Translated by Catherine Hammond Review by Benito del Pliego Among the contemporary Spanish poets, few are better suited for a translation into English than Olvido García Valdés. Her poetry cannot be reduced…
Review by Liz von Klemperer Superman, Cosmo, & Other False Idols: In Akhil Sharma’s first short story collection, the consumption of American media plays out in real time In his first short story collection A…
A Sleepless Man Sits Up in Bed, by Anthony Seidman I remember getting caught in a riptide off the beach in Rosarito, in Baja California. We’d been told from a young age to swim…
Standing on Earth, by Mohsen Emadi Translated by Lyn Coffin What does it mean to be “grounded”? Some of us take it as a powerful compliment, a suggestion that we or our works of…