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This Week at Atticus Review

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

It's a busy week on the Attic. First up, founder Dan Cafaro recounts his pleasure of discovering Steve Lattimore's story collection--Circumnavigation--in the 1990s, and we have a response from Steve! Fiction Editor Michelle Ross interviews Luke Rolfes about his latest story collection Impossible Naked Life. And finally Manasa Tantravahi reviews Kim Fu's story collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century.

On Atticus Review this week: First, from the 2011 archives, Stephanie Minyoung Lee's flash "Onward Flow." We're also showing work from issue one: Kareem Tayyar's CNF piece "Brothers" and Grant Clauser's "Sunflower."

Remember, we're now open for our special Internet-themed issue. For this August issue, we're interested in the ways the advent of the Internet Age has influenced literature, altered our sense of being and sense of belonging, made us rethink connection and connectivity, and changed our daily lives. We're open to work that interrogates and celebrates contemporary online culture, and work that considers the intersections of digital technologies in our on- and off-screen lives. Though this may sound formal, we're very open to creative work that broaches Internet culture and Internet-influenced life, in more tangential and interesting ways. Consider submitting today!

Until next week, thanks so much for reading. Christopher LinforthEditor-in-Chief 

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW: LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURYby Kim FuReviewed by Manasa Tantravahi"They are all misfits, unicorns, beautiful or grotesque in their own category, but determined to push themselves through round holes, to conform."

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

A CONVERSATION WITH LUKE ROLFESMichelle Ross interviews Luke Rolfes about his latest collection,

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NEW FROM THE ATTIC

NEGLECTED BOOKS: STEVE LATTIMORE’S CIRCUMNAVIGATIONbyDan Cafaro"I wrote fiction more like Bukowski than Carver and knew squat about the assembly line of creatives sharpening their paring knives at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop."

ISSUE ONE SPOTLIGHT

BROTHERSbyKareem Tayyar"Maybe that’s what happens at the end of my dream: my brother grows a tail and swims away."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: November 2011

THE ONWARD FLOWbyStephanie Minyoung Lee"At night, I garbed in black, drew shadows around my eyes, drove east, and turned over my car to valets. Inside the bar, I adjusted to the flickering lights and made my way to where Yuri presided. Introductions went around the table. I recognized one other person from church."

ISSUE TWO THEME

For our August issue, we're interested in the ways the advent of the Internet Age has influenced literature, altered our sense of being and sense of belonging, made us rethink connection and connectivity, and changed our daily lives. We're open to work that interrogates and celebrates contemporary online culture, and work that considers the intersections of digital technologies in our on- and off-screen lives. Though this may sound formal, we're very open to creative work that broaches Internet culture and Internet-influenced life, in more tangential and interesting ways.

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