The Forbidden Purple City
The Forbidden Purple City Philip Huynh, Goose Lane Editions The title story of Vancouver-based lawyer-turned-writer Philip Huynh’s first book was […]
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Poster Boy: Dril On Art, Philosophy, Life Beyond Twitter, All That Garbage
"People will beg for AI-free content like they do for water that isn’t tainted with lead. And when AI becomes synonymous with ‘Shit,’ it will die like every other Silicon Valley Clown Show and nobody will miss it."
Review: Nothing Without Us Too
With many of these speculative stories rooted in sci-fi, the line between reality and metaphor nearly disappears, playing with a reader’s inability to clearly differentiate between fact and fiction when it comes to the realities of disability.
Review: Beat The Rust
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
Introducing Broken Pencil 103: Cruel to be Kind
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
Call for Submissions: Urban Legends
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
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The Western Alienation Merit Badge
The Western Alienation Merit Badge Nancy Jo Cullen, Wolsak & Wynn It’s Calgary in 1982 and the Federal government’s desire […]
In the Dream House: A Memoir
In the Dream House: A Memoir Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press Whatever the Minneapolis-based Graywolf publishes is worth checking […]
The Seed: Infertility Is a Feminist Issue
The Seed: Infertility Is a Feminist Issue Alexandra Kimball, Coach House Books A few years back, Alexandra Kimball’s powerful essay […]
Savage Conversations
Savage Conversations LeAnne Howe, Coffee House Press Opiate-using Mary Todd Lincoln struggles with an apparition of a “Savage Indian” who […]
King of Joy
King of Joy Richard Chiem, Soft Skull Press This is shaping up to be the breakout book for Seattle-based Chiem, […]
Dakwäkãda Warriors
Dakwäkãda Warriors Cole Pauls, Conundrum Press Cole Pauls is on a roll. Hot off a busy year of workshops and […]
Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption
Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption Lisa Wool-rim Sjöblom, Drawn & Quarterly Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, tens of […]
Fresh Pack of Smokes
Fresh Pack of Smokes Cassandra Blanchard, Nightwood Editions Amidst the overlooked overdose and poverty crises, Cassandra Blanchard’s debut Fresh Pack of […]
Homesick
Homesick Nino Cipri, Dzanc Books Emerging Kansas-based writer and self-described weirdo mixes monsters, zombies, Super Little Dead Girls and […]
Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields
Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields Penelope Rosemont, City Lights In part, this is a memoir of the now 77-year-old American […]
Savage Gods
Savage Gods Paul Kingsnorth, Two Dollar Radio When Paul Kingsnorth writes a book, we at BP pay attention. Novelist, essayist, ecologist and […]