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What I’m Reading Now… by Hanna Andrews

Hanna Andrews discusses books by Ling Ma, Rachel Cusk, Anjali Sachdeva, Mikki Kendall, and Ed Roberson

Nathan Hauke’s “Indian Summer Recycling” reviewed by James Knippen

"Nathan Hauke’s Indian Summer Recycling, a collection of postmodern pastorals, evokes a singular sense of place. Front and center is the typically disregarded detritus of rural life" - James Knippen

What I’m Reading Now… by Abigail Zimmer

Abigail Zimmer discusses books by Asiya Wadud, Mary-Kim Arnold, Eve L. Ewing, Sarah C. Townsend, and Prageeta Sharma.

James Pate’s Evening Signals: Maria Negroni’s “The Annunciation”

"[U]nlike a more mainstream novel, this isn’t a novel of hard-won wisdom and gentle epiphany, but a work of mirrors and lists and fever dreams and manic monologues, with no sense of closure in sight." - James Pate

What I’m Reading Now… by William Lessard

William Lessard discusses books by Tarpaulin Sky author Steven Dunn, as well as authors Hillary Leftwich, Rae Armantrout, and Joe Pan.

Stephanie Strickland’s “Ringing the Changes” reviewed by Erica Ammann

"I imagine a visual representation of Strickland’s textual cartography in which the contextualizing axes are nebulous, a mapping in the sense that it directs possible configurations of being while also conjuring an anti-topography that conducts echoes, vibrations, and undulations. " -

Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: Will Alexander’s “A Cannibal Explains Himself to Himself”

Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences. This month's column explores Will Alexander's The Cannibal Explains Himself to Himself.