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"Unferth avoids the survivalist tropes and dramatic spectacle associated with dystopian fiction…the novel takes a quieter tone that moves with the flow of the apocalypse as an ongoing ecological process.”

""The World Vanishes Piece by Piece": Preservation and Adaptation in Deb Olin Unferth's Earth 7"

""The Insatiable Longing for Acceptance": Isolation and Belonging in Claire Fuller's "Hunger and Thirst"

“Echoing with the solemn piano melody on the record player, and filled with the former resident’s possessions, it feels as if the home was frozen at a particular moment in time, just waiting for the family to return.”

by Corrine Watson

June 2, 2026

""Let Her Fool You": The Truth of Lying Women in Aea Varfis-Van Warmelo's "Attention-Seeking Behavior"

“Attention Seeking-Behavior is a psychologically-driven character study that fundamentally challenges readers’ conceptions of fiction and fact while showcasing new possibilities for the novel’s form.”

by Devyn Andrews

May 19, 2026

FICTION REVIEW

""Beyond the Archive of Loss": Family, Race, and Negation in chaun webster's Without Terminus, untraining an archive"

"With every page, webster first builds, then dismantles and rearranges his words, approaching and reapproaching the topic of structural anti-Black violence in the context of his own family history.”“

NONFICTION REVIEW

“"Common as the Blues": Queer Futurity and Pastoral Optimism in Derrick Austin’s This Elegance"

“Austin demonstrates that beauty exists within the conditions that make life difficult, not outside of them.”

by Britt Bustos

May 12, 2026

POETRY REVIEW

by Filiz Turhan

June 2, 2026

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by Corrine Watson

June 9, 2026