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A Strange Object

A Review of Belly Up by Rita Bullwinkel

May 14, 2018

Trevor Payne

(Austin, TX: A Strange Object, 2018) Belly Up, the title of Rita Bullwinkel’s debut collection, feels like a wave of the hand, beckoning us to cross the threshold of a serving house, walk over to the bar, and lift a … Continued

A Review of Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail by Kelly Luce

February 20, 2014

Dianca London Potts

(New York, NY: A Strange Object, 2013) Continuing in the tradition of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s dark fairytales, the jaded yet occasionally hopeful romanticism of Miranda July, and the magical realism of Karen Russell and Ramona Ausubel, newcomer Kelly Luce crafts narratives … Continued

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