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Author Archives: Cassie Hay

A Review of Ventrakl by Christian Hawkey

October 17, 2016

Cassie Hay

(Brooklyn, NY: Ugling Duckling Presse, 2010) Berlin, July 30, 2010 The ticket-taker wears a black tuxedo with red silk cummerbund. He has a ruddy face and his body is round and broad like a bear. He tears our tickets gruffly, … Continued

A Review of Party Headquarters by Georgi Tenev

May 23, 2016

Cassie Hay

Translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel (Rochester, NY: Open Letter, 2016) Clocking in at only 121 pages, Georgi Tenev’s taut novel Party Headquarters is at once a tragedy, a comedy, a love story and thriller, with echoes of A … Continued

A Review of Mirrors on Which Dust Has Fallen by Jeff Bursey

January 18, 2016

Cassie Hay

(Singapore: Verbivoracious Press, 2015) One angle: Jeff Bursey’s new novel Mirrors on Which Dust Has Fallen tells the story of a fictional working class Canadian town called Bowmount, and in exploring the mundane lives of its residents, the author is … Continued

A Review of The Alphabet of Birds by SJ Naudé

January 8, 2015

Cassie Hay

Translated from the Afrikaans by the author (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: And Other Stories, 2015) First signs include sudden onset of fever, fatigue and muscle pain, a sore throat that can be easily confused with the flu.  The virus, not living itself … Continued

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