Book Reviews

February 2012

Echolocation, by Myfanwy Collins | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Laikonik Express, by Nick Sweeney | reviewed by Susan Jupp

January 2012

And Also Sharks, by Jessica Westhead | reviewed by Jess Stoner

The Mimic's Own Voice, by Tom Williams | reviewed by Laura McCune Poplin

Omicron Ceti III, by Thomas P. Balázs | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Brothers, by Asko Sahlberg | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

December 2011

A Friend in the Police, by John Givens | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Ayiti, by Roxane Gay | reviewed by Thomas Michael Duncan

How to Stop Loving Someone, by Joan Connor | reviewed by Ashley Cowger

November 2011

Sherry & Narcotics, by Nina-Marie Gardner | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Amazing Adult Fantasy, by A.D. Jameson | reviewed by Jess Stoner

Bohemian Girl, by Terese Svoboda | reviewed by Steve Himmer

October 2011

Bear Down, Bear North, by Melinda Moustakis | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

the stinging fly: issue 18 | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

September 2011

So You Know It's Me, by Brian Oliu | reviewed by Laura McCune Poplin

Death Wishing, by Laura Ellen Scott | reviewed by Amye Archer

The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals, by Rae Bryant | reviewed by Beth Posniak Fiencke

August 2011

The Vanishing Point of Desire, by Vi Khi Nao | reviewed by Jess Stoner

Katzenjammered, by Norma Kassirer | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Girl with Brown Fur, by Stacey Levine | reviewed by Steve Himmer

Domestic Apparition, by Meg Tuite | reviewed by Faye Rapoport DesPres

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive, by Christopher Boucher | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

July 2011

Summer recommendations | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Unfinished, by Lily Hoang | reviewed by Jess Stoner

The New Moscow Philosophy, by Vyacheslav Pyetsukh | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

June 2011

Normally Special, by xTx | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Daddy's, by Lindsay Hunter | reviewed by Chelsea Biondolillo

May 2011

How I Lost the War, by Filippo Bologna | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

apt, a literary journal | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

When Pacino's Hot, I'm Hot, by Robert Levin | reviewed by Nancy Freund

Giraffes in Hiding, by Carol Novack | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

April 2011

Abbott Awaits, by Chris Bachelder | reviewed by Steve Himmer

Seven Years, by Peter Stamm | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Nahoonkara, by Peter Grandbois | reviewed by Ben Forsberg

Marry or Burn, by Valerie Trueblood | reviewed by John Oliver Perry

March 2011

I Have Touched You, by Gregory Sherl | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Sum of His Syndromes, by K. B. Dixon | reviewed by Nancy Freund

Peter Never Came, by Ashley Cowger | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Impotent, by Matthew Roberson | reviewed by C.J. Opperthauser

February 2011

My Business is to Create, by Eric G. Wilson | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Orange Suitcase, by Joseph Riippi | reviewed by Nancy Freund

Blood Lotus #19 | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

January 2011

Where We Going, Daddy, by Jean-Louis Fournier | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Gasoline, by Quim Monzo | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Mothering Coven, by Joanna Ruocco | reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones

Our Writer In Residence is invited to spend a month onsite sharing fiction, interviews, reviews, ideas, or an ongoing project of some kind.

On The Blog

Michelle Bailat-Jones reviews Echolocation by Myfanwy Collins (Engine Books, 2012).

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In this week’s Research Notes, Megan Stielstra describes the lengths — and depths — she went to for the sake of a story.

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Matt Baker and Mel Bosworth discuss their recent projects in hypertextual fiction.

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Susan Jupp reviews Laikonik Express by Nick Sweeney (Unthank Books, 2011).

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In this week’s Research Notes, Ben Nadler reflects on writing about military experience, without having military experience of his own.

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