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Howl Revisted by Mike Corrao 194 pages – Orson’s Publishing i had a dream last night, that i came back to howl and all that was left were the dying…

Action In The Orchards by Fred Schmalz 144 pages – Nightboat Books AFTER ETEL ADNAN I would like to wander amid the heavens’ explosions a mountainous country’s nomadic art immaterial…

Bloomland by John Englehardt 200 pages – Dzanc Books / Amazon   When the media looks back on your life, they will point to one night in particular that supposedly…

the sun a blazing zero by Shira Dentz 90 pages – Lavender Ink/ Dialogos // Amazon Small Press Release: the sun a blazing zero (an excerpt) was last modified: July…

Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame By John King 220 pages – Amazon “Guy, cease!” Lulu yelled. “Is he possessed?” she thought.  “How can he keep this up?”  She twisted…

Hazel by David Huddle 212 pages – Tupelo Press Ms. Hicks ordinarily said good morning to each of her children as they stepped up onto her bus, and they wished…

What Could Be Saved by Gregory Spatz 234 pages – Tupelo Press   One afternoon in the boat on Bishop’s Pond, his mother asked if he thought she was an…

In November 2018, the poet Brenda Iijima and I had the opportunity to share an apartment together in San Francisco owing to the generous invitation of Steve Dickison at The…

This Never Happened: A Memoir by Liz Scott 300 pages – University of Hell We had woods that never stopped. We had creeks with tadpoles and garter snakes and painted…

The Color Inside a Melon by John Domini 320 pages – Dzanc Books/ Amazon  Risto— Aristofano Al’Kair— is a rarity in contemporary Italy, an immigrant success story. Out of Mogadishu…

Portrait of Sebastian Khan by Aatif Rashid 263 pages – 7.13 Books/ Amazon Sebastian Khan stares at his reflection in the window: black, wavy hair, light-olive skin, high cheekbones and…

Time’s Up!: A Memoir of the American Century by Robert Cabot 320 pages – McPherson & Company / Amazon I was born into the ’twenties—flapper days, the Charleston, Great Gatsby days,…

Gristle: Weird Tales by Jordan A. Rothacker 134 pages – Stalking Horse Press/ Amazon Break the Skin “Did you?…” “…Oh, you did.” “What are you doing?” “I’m just looking at…

I and You by J. David Stevens 82 pages – Arc Pair Press The turkeys had been interesting before the problems began, but their apparent insanity made them irresistible. When…