“Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done” by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell
A troubling approach to a complex grotesquerie of history, not enhanced by the graphic medium.
“Itself” by Rae Armantrout
Armantrout’s sometimes deliberately obtuse poetry strays too often into frustration rather than enlightenment.
“The Smell of Starving Boys” by Loo Hui Phang and Frederik Peeters
A fascinating premise, an uncomfortable voyeurism, a disappointing resolution.
“Engine Empire” by Cathy Park Hong
Hong’s poetry parables are chameleon, shifting voices and attitudes as they move across setting and time, all pushing hard at the broken societies we embrace.
“Tale of Sand” by Jim Henson
Early early Henson, mimicking much of absurdist theater in graphic novel (more picture book) form. A curiosity and offering insight into Henson’s sense of humor pre-Muppet.
“A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” by Yiyun Li
As brief as they are, Li’s stories are layered in both present and past entanglements; none are fully noble, and their ends thankfully unpredictable.
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