Early on in Ashton Politanoff’s berserk new novel about selfhood, belonging, and the perils of the unchecked male ego—Ned, a washed-up collegiate tennis player turned stay-at-home father, hears a voice. “You’re back.” (review by Mia O’Neill)
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Just because you haven’t heard of Kenny Cox doesn’t mean he isn’t famous… Kenny, himself a sort of legend, lived and died in pursuit of myths beyond his own understanding. (review by Adam Straus)
If politics and private equity hadn’t obliterated the beanbag optimism of tech’s twenty-teens, this satirical novel would have been more than capable of shattering our illusions. (review by Christian Trevor Lisa)
Deceptive but alluring blends of sound and song, traditional lullabies promise the deepest sense of intimacy alongside a chilling sense of dread. (review by Sara R. Burnett)
The poems themselves are a genuine treat to read, as well as the mysterious, half-finished biography lurking beneath…
(review by Matt Martinson)
“The Flowers Along the Way testifies to the healing power of hope, showing how nurturing a garden, or a story, can generate something fresh and green out of loss.” (review by Liz Rios Hall)
“It’s a lot more entertaining to hear a dolphin tell a manchild to ‘grow up’ than to hear the same advice coming from a psychiatrist.”
(review by Chloe Lutts Jensen)
An underreported story of the lived experience of children of political activists who embrace violence as a tool of resistance. (review by Karen Paley)
Mule Boy unfolds as a single, sustained utterance—a life in one long sentence—and in doing so invites the reader into an intimacy that feels both confessional and liturgical.
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The title comes from Margaret Atwood’s poem “You Fit Into Me,” a borrowed line that helps Gaudry translate her own feelings. The phrase “fit into me” can act as both a plea and a demand, asking us to place ourselves inside the characters—but borrowed language can also act like a mirror, reflecting our own experiences back at us rather than revealing hers.
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