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This Week at Atticus Review

A recap of the week's writing at Atticus Review. Intro by Christopher Linforth.

New at The Attic this week: We have started publishing book reviews once again! First up, Miranda Ramírez examines Bryan Washington's debut novel, Memorial, the follow-up to Washington's acclaimed story collection, Lot. Our Managing Editor, Keene Short, is always on the lookout for reviews of contemporary literary work, especially small press books. Meanwhile, Atticus Books founder Dan Cafaro is still on the lookout for book manuscripts. He's accepting book manuscripts in several genres until March 31st! On the site, we have a stunning trio of new pieces. In creative nonfiction, Mary Slowik's "Hickory" weaves a humorous meditation on a local hickory tree and the family stories that surround it. Over in poetry, John Schneider's remarkable "Eight Points" enchants with the speaker's lyrical observations about a wounded buck. In fiction, Dana Brewer Harris' "Sweep" memorializes a handful of moments about the life of the narrator and the enigmatic Yuudai. In these dark times, people online have been turning to the Ukrainian poet, Ilya Kaminsky, and his poem "We Lived Happily During the War." Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine. Until next week, thanks so much for reading. Christopher LinforthEditor-in-Chief

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

AN EXPLORATION OF MODERN ROMANCE, FAMILY, AND GRIEFbyMiranda Ramírez "Memorial is a subtle and insightfully voyeuristic exploration into the realities of love and the grief it can cause."

FICTIONSWEEPbyDana Brewer Harris"I push a little and she tells me about parents too old to climb the hill in the cemetery to light incense for the ancestors, and an ex-fiancé who decided a rich girl would suit him better. We are friends."READ ON

POETRY

EIGHT POINTSbyJohn Schneider"We are old acquaintances, though I haven’t seen him in a while.Now, the dappled light from leafless trees grays his thinning fur."

CREATIVE NONFICTION

HICKORYbyMary Slowik"The evil stepfather was never heard from again, though not before all of the brothers lined up in a row and each had a turn spitting on his Cadillac—which would have been a lot of spit, and the evil stepfather threw them out of the house, and they fled to Detroit and went to work in the factories, which is the worst banishment of all—the factories that is, not Detroit."

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