Heartwarming and unique, “Convenience Store Woman” explores how “abnormal” people are ostracized from society. Aayushi Agarwal reviews Sayaka Murata’s immerse tale… More Convenience Store Woman: A Review
By Carleton Whaley
“Young farmers and rural characters, obstetrical nurses, scholars, clergy—all the rest!—will have their great hopes realized more often than not—unless I decide to tell their stories.” — from “Head of the Big Man” by Diane Williams As a first time reader of Diane Williams, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The slim volume that arrived… More Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Good: A review of Diane Williams’ new book Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine By Carleton Whaley
By Therese Masotta
“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” — from Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk I didn’t always like to read. (What?! But you’re an English major!) Yes I am studying English and no, I did not always like to read. It’s okay, it happens to the… More GET SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY LITERATURE: A Small Suggestion on How to Start Reading Again By Therese Masotta
“We just want to be manipulated with a little fucking consideration” —Tony Hoagland from Application for Release from the Dream Tony Hoagland’s poetry doesn’t mince words but it will proudly mince people and ideas. He can be funny and saddening, often in the same line. His fifth collection, Application for Release from the Dream, is… More Tony Hoagland’s Poems are Tools for Contemporary America by Christopher McDermott
Review by Rebecca Nelson
**Editor’s Note: This is a special review serving as a throwback to our high school selves and their favorite books. Have you ever had an intensely realistic dream that you forget the moment you wake up, only to forever feel as though you’d had an epiphany about the meaning of life, never able to remember… More This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don’t Touch It! Review by Rebecca Nelson
Review by Caitlyn Durfee
“Wonder is a blasting cap. It is an emotion that goes off with a bang, shattering settled beliefs, rattling the architecture of the mind, and clearing space for new ideas, new possibilities. Wonder is often thought of as a peaceful emotion, a sense of resounding inner quiet. Of course we would associate it with silence.… More The Best American Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Wonderbomb or Bust? Review by Caitlyn Durfee
I’m the kind of person that doesn’t really have a favorite author or a favorite book because that status is always changing. That being said, my current flavor of the month is Ian Doescher, an only recently published author, known for his bestselling debut novel, “William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope.” It’s pretty… More Writer Crush Wednesday – Ian Doescher