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Literary Review

Review: 'Staying Still' by Hieu Minh Nguyen
The Morning After · Issue 1
Jun 25 • Neil Czeszejko
Review: 'The Living Realm' by Jordan Tannahill
Bodies out of sequence
Jun 9 • Neil Czeszejko
Review: 'The Seduction' by Sara Torres
Desire in reverse
May 28 • Neil Czeszejko
Review: 'The Summer Boy' by Philippe Besson
The cost of looking back
May 13 • Neil Czeszejko
Review: 'Birding Is My Favorite Video Game' by Rosemary Mosco
The natural world, oddly articulate and hilariously alive
Mar 31 • Neil Czeszejko
In Passing: Mar–May 2026 Releases
Reading the literary horizon
Mar 11 • Neil Czeszejko
Breakdown: 'Calypso's Guest' by Andrew Sean Greer
A study in narrative poise
Feb 25 • Neil Czeszejko
Graphic Review: 'Fish and Water' by Gengoroh Tagame
The world, room by room
Feb 17 • Neil Czeszejko
Review: 'All that Refuses to Die' by Michael Imossan
Tracing the geometry of a body shaped like thirst
Feb 3 • Neil Czeszejko
Review: 'The Disappointment' by Scott Broker
Through the fissures of being, fractured and uncontainable
Jan 20 • Neil Czeszejko
Breakdown: 'My Roommate from Hell' by Cale Dietrich
A study in narrative strain
Jan 14 • Neil Czeszejko
Graphic Review: 'The Voice Said Kill' by Si Spurrier
What the bayou keeps
Jan 7 • Neil Czeszejko
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