Future Howl by Sue Goyette
Future Howl is everything we’re holding in: our personal trauma, nostalgia and recovery, bearing witness to global atrocity, and every wish for the good and decent.
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A Dark Death by Alice Fitzpatrick
A Dark Death by Alice Fitzpatrick is the second in the Meredith Island Mystery series.
we astronauts by Pearl Pirie
More observational than confessional, Pirie writes not from the margins, but from the centre of her own life. This is a radical act—to narrate one’s interiority and place it before the world without apology.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #49
Featuring Halina St. James, Giles Blunt, John Brady McDonald, and A. Jamali Rad
Great Silent Ballad by A. F. Moritz
Written in a lyrical style, some of the poems evoke a sense of wonder, while others riff on the natural world, music, or cultural phenomenal
ITTY BITTY REVIEWS: Issue #2
With Reviews of books by Annick MacAskill, Elena Bentley, and Joshua Chris Bouchard
Code Noir | The Canisia Lubrin Interview
I’m putting the Code Noir on par in scale and importance with decrees like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Magna Carta, and the Treaty of Versailles. It is a founding document of the modern world. It’s just been buried because its story isn’t triumphalist.
Birdology by Carolyne Van Der Meer
Birdology, Carolyne Van Der Meer’s most recent chapbook, offers an unflinching meditation on mortality and how our relationships with our parents evolve as we age, become more vulnerable, and eventually leave one another. This beautifully sequenced collection of tender poems and slender essays moves through what the author calls a “spell of grief,” accompanied by …
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #48
Featuring Bruce Hunter, Sean Minogue, Ivanka Fear, and Callista Markotich
Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber
[…] an interesting way to look at these kinds of familial curses, which too many of us inherit.
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
Mottley’s crafting of characters, distinct voices, and a nuanced plot all lead to a richer story.
Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan
Drinking the Ocean offers a rich and pensive journey from which readers will find themselves moved and transformed.
Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster by Damian Tarnopolsky
Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster has an intellectual dynamo running underneath the words.
ITTY BITTY REVIEWS: Issue #1
Welcome to the first iteration of Michael Russell’s new column: Itty Bitty Reviews
