dirt does smoke

I was digging through a Tupperware container full of shake when I found something that looked like knocked off dirt from a boot tread. It was about the size of a fingernail, geometrically smooth and even along two parallel sides, but broken off and crumbly on the other two.
“What the, how did this get in [...]

A Partial List of People to Bleach

Gary Lutz, one of our favorite authors, is back with a new book. This is a short one, mixed with new stuff and older, rare stories. [...]

Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim
Kingsely Amis
Penguin Classics
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In Lucky Jim, Amis introduces us to Jim Dixon, a junior lecturer at a British college who spends his days fending off the legions of malevolent twits that populate the school. His job is in constant danger, often for good reason. Lucky Jim hits the heights whenever Dixon tries [...]

Tree of Smoke

Denis Johnson is back once again with the National Book Award winner, “Tree of Smoke”, a Vietnam War era tale of intrigue and [...]