Would you look at this — it’s 2023. Even more intriguingly, there are a whole bunch of new books due out this year. 2023 is off to an excellent start, we’d argue, with a couple of books we’ve been looking forward to reading for years. This month brings with it an impressive assortment of styles, including formally inventive poetry and politically incisive tales of the uncanny. What are we most excited about? Read on to find out.
In our morning reading: an interview with Maria Teresa Hart, Maud Newton on her year in books, and more.
We’re big admirers of the work of Kevin Maloney around these parts. His novel Cult of Loretta and his short fiction are particular favorites, and he’s an engaging interviewee to boot. All of which means that we’re thrilled about his forthcoming novel The Red-Headed Pilgrim, scheduled for publication by Two Dollar Radio in January. And we’re happy to be premiering the trailer for said novel today — a short video that gives a fine sense of what to expect from Maloney’s forthcoming work
In our morning reading: new writing by Kevin Maloney, an interview with Ruth Ozeki, and more.
In our morning reading: Justin Taylor on Joy Williams’s new novel, talking books with S.A. Cosby, and more.
KEVIN MALONEY is the author of Cult of Loretta (Lazy Fascist Press, 2015). His fiction has appeared in Hobart, Barrelhouse, The Nervous Breakdown, and a number of other journals and anthologies. He and his wife, Aubrey, live in North Portland.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Sophie Collins’s poetry, fiction from Kevin Maloney, and more.
In our morning reading: interviews with Joy Press and Amelia Gray, an advance review of Porochista Khakpour’s memoir, and more.