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by Lavinia Ludlow casperianbooks.com If gross-out humor has a tragic cousin, then Lavinia Ludlow is a master of the form. Her new novel, Single Stroke …

Expanding the Community Garden by Jeff Steudel Kale raised in cedar boxes between the SkyTrain pillars. The propinquity of corn along boulevards. A dream of …

my self-publishing journey Entering September of 2015, Tommy Black and the Staff of Light had sold less than 200 books and was sputtering along with no …

About the Book: For two decades, essayist John D’Agata has been exploring the contours of the essay through a series of innovative, informative, and expansive …

Sara Majka’s debut collection of connected stories is a haunting, mesmerizing dreamscape.  Shelf Unbound: Your style is sparse and dreamlike. How did you decide on …

Persevering against hard knocks and strife, the residents of Calloustown are rendered with humanity and humor by short story master George Singleton.  Shelf Unbound: How …

Richly rendered characters populate Reliance, Illinois, which examines the lives of women in the late 1800s.  Shelf Unbound: How did you come up with the …

Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul of the Beach Boys by Kent Crowley Books about the Beach Boys tend to focus on Brian Wilson, depicting …

Untitled by Aaron McCollough WALNUT SKULL of some brutal fairy run afoul of my dog in the juniper mire what depends in these binds, passion …

All the magpies are here, all the wings in the soup, stirring the recognition of flight out of all touching. A milky breast and a …