Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror by Afarin Majidi Independently published, 2017 326 pages / Amazon Afarin Majidi first gained recognition in the literary world under the pseudonym “Nasreen,”…
Travis, you messed-up sonofabitch. Whatchu doin’ on my road? Given its troubled history, it’s a miracle Silent Hill: Origins turned out as well as it did. The first Silent Hill title…
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata Vintage International, 2017 160 pages / Penguin Random House Like many of us, I’ve often pondered the elusive nature…
The Awful Truth by Diana Hamilton Golias Books, 2017 152 pages / Golias Books I’ve been writing down dreams since the mid 90’s, a practice that is difficult, one which…
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor Rescue Press, 2017 240 pages / Rescue Press In the first paragraph of Andrea Lawlor’s Paul Takes the…
Insolvency, Insolvency! by Jeremy Hoevenaar Ugly Duckling Presse, November 2017 24 pages / UDP Those who are familiars of the impetuous wonder of words will understanding Jeremy’s poem. Those…
In The Desert of Mute Squares by M Kitchell Inside the Castle, January 2018 454 pages / Inside the Castle / Amazon 1 In The Desert of Mute Squares;…
As the new reviews editor, I guess it’s my job to introduce myself. Perhaps some of you want to know what on Earth Entropy’s up to, choosing this still-green writer…
Though we bled meticulously by Josh Fomon Black Ocean, 2016 120 pages / Black Ocean / Amazon In Josh Fomon’s electric debut collection, Though we bled meticulously, the…
Justice Piece // Transmission by Lauren Levin Timeless Infinite Light, forthcoming 2018 There is a nearly physical strand, like a connective tissue, joining Lauren Levin’s newest collection of poetry,…
The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter by Matei Calinescu translated by Adriana Calinescu & Breon Mitchell NYRB Classics, March 2018 160 pages / NYRB / Amazon Something…
Consolation Prize by Tyler Robert Sheldon Finishing Line Press, August 2018 Finishing Line Press I have a somewhat irrational fear of car accidents. Whenever there’s a car scene in…
The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 7, 2018 224 pages / Amazon Longtime fans of Laura van den Berg will find it…
The Courage of Hopelessness: A Year of Acting Dangerously by Slavoj Zizek Melville House, 2018 336 pages / Amazon / Melville House Although the subtitle of Slavoj Zizek’s…