“This is an important work” is not something you can say about many books these days. But I can and will say it about Frank Pizzoli’s Passionate Outlier: Gay Writers and Allies on Their Work.
Morning Bites: Interviewing Martha Park, Remembering Joshua Clover, Niko Stratis’s Recommendations, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Martha Park, Niko Stratis’s music recommendations, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Skeleton”
Skeleton
by Greg Mulcahy
Without a back story, Driscoe said, there was nothing to hook the purity of thought to.
Problem of the moment.
Flicker of Driscoe’s thought.
Weekend Bites: Mayukh Sen Interviewed, Revisiting Murray Kempton, Laurie Penny Nonfiction, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Mayukh Sen and Ross Barkan, exploring the works of Steve Aylett, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Denne Michele Norris Interviewed, Michele Filgate Nonfiction, Sondheim-Inspired Horror, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Denne Michele Norris, notes on spoilers, and more.
“Waves”: An Excerpt From Josh Denslow’s “Magic Can’t Save Us”
We’re pleased to present an excerpt from Josh Denslow’s new short story collection Magic Can’t Save Us, available now from University of New Orleans Press. Acclaimed author Sequoia Nagamatsu had this to say about the book: “With the fabulist hand of Aimee Bender and Karen Russell and the humor and irreverence of Steve Almond, Denslow masterfully juggles crumbling relationships and beings of myth in a whirlwind of awkward silences, deceit, and failure to love.” Read on for a glimpse of what’s inside this new collection.
Morning Bites: Jeanne Thornton Interviewed, Sumac and Moor Mother’s Collaboration, Soft Boys Revisited, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Jeanne Thornton, notable 21st century short stories, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Margie Sarsfield on Writing, Niko Stratis’s Memoir, Lincoln Michel on Genres, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Margie Sarsfield, a review of Niko Stratis’s memoir, and more.