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This Week at Atticus Review

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

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On the site this week, we're highlighting Sara Pirkle's poem "The First Man I Slept With After My Husband" and from the archives Christopher Gonzalez's CNF piece "Bobo."

We also have another bumper week on the Attic. First up, John Niekrasz writes beautifully about his Eastern European family and their move to America. Next, Catherine Hayes reviews Leah Angstman's debut novel Out Front the Following Sea. Finally, Atticus Review's creative nonfiction team interrogates our upcoming Internet theme and offers food for thought for potential submitters.

In this regard, 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: Out Front the Following SeaReviewed by Catherine Hates"Ruth Miner is a heroine for a new age of modern womanhood and despite the historical setting, the issues she faces continue to be relevant to today’s society."

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

THE INTERNET IN SIX CNF MICROSCNF editor Rachel Laverdiere and some of the CNF team share six micros on the Internet, to prepare for our upcoming second issue, of the same theme.

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

BABAbyJohn Niekrasz"My grandma, Baba, was the first great impostor in my life. She tended to me obsessively when I was young."

ISSUE ONE SPOTLIGHT

THE FIRST MAN I SLEPT WITH AFTER MY HUSBANDbySara Pirkle"I miss you already, he whispered, his thighsshuddering against mine, the dark lakeof night swallowing us whole."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: November 2020

"The first time I see my brother as a father, the twins are three weeks old, snoozing in their rockers."BOBOby Christopher Gonzalez, whose short story collection

is available now from SFWP.

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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