Chimerical, enigmatic, lecherous, and ferruginous – these are just a few of the word-of-the-day selections Arthur Nersesian shoves awkwardly into his newest novel, Mesopotamia.
Coming in around 240 pages, what this little number lacks in length it makes up for with… nothing really. It lacks all around.
The story’s protagonist is Cassandra, a down-on-her-luck tabloid reporter who [...]
For my review of Jay Ryan’s new collection of work, Animals and Objects In and Out of Water, published in Make Magazine, please go to:
http://makemag.com/review-ryan/
About the book:
150 pages with 140 color illustrations by Jay Ryan, with a foreword by Andrew Bird and an essay by Joe Meno.
Links:
Akashic Books: http://www.akashicbooks.com/animalsandobjects.htm
The Bird Machine (Jay Ryan’s screenprint shop): http://www.thebirdmachine.com/
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If the life of a band and the mood of an album can be encapsulated in one song, then “Arrived”, the lead track from Mal Madrigal’s forthcoming From the Fingers of Trees would be a fitting choice.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Electricity builds instantly from the opening cord as Spanish-style guitar gently pulls back [...]