Katy Haas
Fiction Posted October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019100 Cassettes, Dennis Callaci, Pelekinesis
City of Boom, Bonnie Bee, Anti-Oedipus Press
Dark Video, Peter Church, Catalyst Press
Happy Like This, Ashley Wurzbacher, University of Iowa Press
History of an Executioner, Clancy McGilligan, Miami University Press
Not a Thing to Comfort You, Emily Wortman-Wunder, University of Iowa Press
Not Yet, Erik Segal, Harvard Square Editions
St. Christopher on Pluto, Nancy McKinnley, West Virginia University Press
Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao, Jonathan Tel, Turtle Point Press
Shining Man, Todd Dills, Livingston Press
Small Mercies, Bridget Krone, Catalyst Press
Songbirds & Stray Dogs, Meagan Lucas, Main Street Rag Press
Why, Why, Why?, Quim Monzo, Open Letter
Nonfiction Posted October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019Abandoned Detroit: Vacant Schools, Tony Vienneau, Arcadia Publishing
Animal, Dorothea Lasky, Wave Books
The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers, Mitzi Szereto, Mango
Cat Among the Pigeons: A riotous assembly of unrespectable African creatures, David Muirhead, Catalyst Press
Cape Town: A Place Between, Henry Trotter, Catalyst Press
A Matter of Time: Route 66 Through the Lens of Change, Nick Gerlich & Ellen Klinkel, University of Oklahoma Press
These Boys and Their Fathers, Don Waters, University of Iowa Press
Poetry Posted October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019About Repulsion, Annelyse Gelman & Jason Grier, Fonograf Editions
Alisoun Sings, Caroline Bergvall, Nightboat Books
Because the Dirt Here is Poor, Lindsay Wilson, Main Street Rag Press
The Bees of the Invisible, Wally Swist, Shanti Arts
Black, Matilda, Justin Rogers, Glass Poetry Press
Counting by Sevens, Ann E. Wallace, Main Street Rag Press
Cross Country, Jeff Newberry & Justin Evans, WordTech Editions
Dakota Fruit, Catherine Cobb Morocco, Turning Point
Earth is a Fickle Daughter, Dane Cervine, Main Street Rag Press
The Field, Rhina P. Espaillat, David Robert Books
Gesundheit!, Chen Chen & Sam Herschel Wein, Glass Poetry Press
Ghosts of the Upper Floor: The Complete Dark Shadows (of My Childhood), Book 3, Tony Trigilio, BlazeVOX
Halfway Friends for Decades, Elizabeth Carmer, Word Poetry
Have, Lee Robinson, David Robert Books
I Shimmer Sometimes, Too, Porsha Olayiwola, Button Poetry
In Salem, Catherine Corman, Ugly Duckling Presse
Jesus in the Trailer, Andrew K. Clark, Main Street Rag Press
November Weather Spell, Robert Fillman, Main Street Rag Press
Pebble Leaf Feather Knife, Polly Brown, Cherry Grove Collections
The Problem of the Many, Timothy Donnelly, Wave Books
Rubbernecking, Kevin J. McDaniel, Main Street Rag Press
Salient Points and Sharp Angles, John Zedolik, CW Books
Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli, Giovanni Pascoli, Princeton University Press
The Shape of Regret, Herbert Woodward Martin, Wayne State University Press
Shimmer, Mark Irwin, Anhinga Press
Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Open Letter
Sterling, Morgan Christie, CW Books
Sundowning, John L. Stanizzi, Main Street Rag Press
Swerve: Poems on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance, Ellery Akers, Blue Light Books
Travesty Generator, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Noemi Press
UN poems, Ed Sams, CW Books
Under the Radar, Jane McGuffin, David Robert Books
Unlocatable Source, Judith Bowles, Turning Point
Untitled Film Still Museum, Kara Dorris, CW Books
A User's Manual, Jiři Kolář, Twisted Spoon Press
Wave Archive, Emmalea Russo, Book*hug Press
Royersford - Starr Books
October 22, 2019Come see our selection of new and gently used books! Also, come check out our unique and often hilarious gift items!
Rocky Mount - Books and Beans
October 22, 2019A gathering place for lovers of books and coffee.
“Dear Family and Friends” by William J. Doan
October 21, 2019
According to William J. Doan’s visual narrative “Dear Family and Friends,” in Issue 27 of Cleaver Magazine, “17 million adults had a major depressive episode last year.” Despite affecting so many people, it can be hard to articulate the experience, and even harder for the people around them to understand, especially when the sufferer is wearing a mask of “normality,” a mask of laughter and smiles. As Doan says, “Sharing what it’s like to live with anxiety and depression is a lot like undressing in front of strangers. It’s AWKWARD.” But after a while, masking began to feel like lying to Doan, and “Dear Family and Friends” is an attempt at breaking that silence and “coming out” to those around him.
By using visual means of communication, Doan offers a more concrete way of explaining and understanding the feelings of depression and anxiety. His images are grayscale, with smudges of cool colors creeping into some panels. Scribbles and dots of ink show how it feels to be filled with anxiety, to have your brain feel weighed down and blotted with dark ink.
“I’ve barely reached the heart of the matter in this brief letter,” he says of his eighteen panels, “But it’s a start.” Not only is this piece a start for Doan, but it’s a good way to start difficult conversations with our own friends and family as we remove our masks.
Review by Katy Haas
Yankton - RAW Books
October 21, 2019Probably the best bookstore in the world. We have over 25,000 titles on inventory and we carry home made soaps and board games.
Minneapolis - Irreverent Bookworm
October 21, 2019The Irreverent Bookworm is a cozy and well curated Used & New Bookshop with plenty of comfy chairs to read in, a charming children's book room, and private space for book clubs and writers groups to meet. We pride ourselves on our friendly staff, eclectic aesthetic, and well-rounded stock of reads for everyone.
Baldwin City - Nook
October 21, 2019Locally owned bookstore with a full bar and coffee shop. The Nook is a gathering place for our community to relax, socialize, shop and read.
