Welcome to Saturday, friends. I hope you've had time for yourself this week amidst everything else.

Here's what we've been up to:

Sarah Holloway reviewed The Theme Park of Women's Bodies by Maggie Cooper, from Bull City Press. Sarah previously reviewed Sad Grownups, and Maggie shared some research notes about her book.

This week's featured story was "Transformations" by Ben Tufnell, a writer new to our pages. After you've read his story, I recommend a visit to his website where you'll find his novel The North Shore and his writing on art, both of which I recommend.

And in research notes Stephanie Carpenter wrote about her novel Moral Treatment, the inaugural winner of the Summit Series Prize from Central Michigan University Press‬.

Elsewhere, It All Felt Impossible, an essay collection by contributor Tom McAllister, is available for pre-order from Rose Metal Press. And True Failure by Alex Higley, which we reviewed recently thanks to Grace Novarr, is now available from Coffee House Press.

Finally, I'll point you toward a brief essay by Rob St. John at Caught By The River, about a series of paintings by Richard J. Butler. Better to read it with the images in front of you, so I won't say more except that Butler's process of making his paintings drawn from and tethered to the place we're they're made, and of working with what's available whether it's what he intended or not, is something I've found helpful to think about lately. I only wish I could get myself to London in time to see these paintings in person (and don't get me started on this upcoming mudlarking show!).

Until next time, thanks for reading.

Steve Himmer