Book Reviews

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  • Hellions

    Hellions

    By Julia Elliott

    In “The Mothers,” a story in Julia Elliott’s excellent new collection, Kate is a screenwriter...

    $17.95
  • The Lost Nostalgias

    The Lost Nostalgias

    By Esteban Rodríguez

    With just a few exceptions, Esteban Rodríguez uses one-word titles for the poems in The...

    $18.00
  • Where I Went Wrong

    Where I Went Wrong

    By David Galef

    There’s no easy or obvious way to portray the trauma of loss and the spiraling...

    $19.95
  • Woodworm

    Woodworm

    By Layla Martínez

    Two Lines Press, the award-winning San Francisco-based publisher renowned for its focus on original literature...

    $21.95
  • Bingo Bango Boingo

    Bingo Bango Boingo

    By Alan Michael Parker

    This is not your grandma’s bingo. Dzanc Books published Bingo Bango Boingo, Alan Michael Parker’s...

    $20.00
  • Rodeo

    Rodeo

    By Sunni Brown Wilkinson

    What this book cares about most: Rodeo embeds the grief over the stillbirth of Wilkinson’s...

    $17.95
  • Water Guest

    Water Guest

    By Caroline M. Mar

    What this book cares about most: Conversations with a community that cannot speak back; namely,...

    $17.95
  • Cue

    Cue

    By Siwar Masannat

    Jordanian poet Siwar Masannat’s Cue (University of Georgia Press, 2024) is a finely wrought and...

    $20.95
  • Diversity Quota

    Diversity Quota

    By Ranjan Adiga

    The characters in Ranjan Adiga’s collection Diversity Quota desperately need help. Their plight is perfectly...

    $17.95
  • Barley Child

    Barley Child

    By Greg Rappleye

    An old West Irish response to the knock of an unexpected visitor—“Are ye of the...

    $19.95
  • Liquid, Fragile, Perishable

    Liquid, Fragile, Perishable

    By Carolyn Kuebler

    Carolyn Kuebler’s debut novel, Liquid, Fragile, Perishable, offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of...

    $19.99
  • The River, The Town

    The River, The Town

    By Farah Ali

    One won’t find what Charles Baxter calls “the quality of ‘lushness’ in art” in his...

    $26.95
  • Mandible Wishbone Solvent

    Mandible Wishbone Solvent

    By Asiya Wadud

    Geography has never been so disastrously flexible. The geography of the world, while the literal,...

    $18.00
  • The Problem You Have

    The Problem You Have

    By Robert Garner McBrearty

    In this highly engaging collection of short stories, award-winning author Robert Garner McBrearty captivates readers...

    $16.95
  • Pinion

    Pinion

    By Monica Rico

    “To find an owl I must follow the crow . . .” so writes Mexican...

    $17.95
  • We Contain Landscapes

    We Contain Landscapes

    By Patrycja Humienik

    In We Contain Landscapes (Tin House, 2025), Patrycja Humienik journeys through memory—personal and communal—reflecting on...

    $16.95