Well, it has been a week, hasn't it? I hope you've all had something to focus on that provided at least occasional diversion from the onslaught of news. And I hope the writing we published this week will bring you that, too.

On Monday we shared Adam McPhee's review of Command Performance by Jean Echenoz, translated by Mark Polizzotti for New York Review Books. This is Adam's first review for us and we're honored to bring you his work — you'll find more of it here. And on a personal note, Jean Echenoz is a writer whose work I've enjoyed for a long time and whose novels I often turn to when I'm overwhelmed by the world — his early ones especially, with their high energy playfulness. There's a line literary scholar Dominique Jullien wrote about Echenoz' novels that means a lot to me (and was an epigraph in one of my own): "Everything happens but nothing goes on," which has felt very apt lately.

For Tuesday, Allison Wyss interviewed Avitus B. Carle ("The Woman Inside") about her new collection These Worn Bodies, recently published by Moon City Press. Allison also conducted another interview for us recently, so you have that to look forward to soon.

Our featured story this week was "Wednesday, After School" by Lisa Thornton, a new writer for us and whose work we're thrilled to share. Read more from her here.

And in research notes, returning contributors Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross wrote about their collaboration Don't Take This The Wrong Way, out now from Eastover Press.

Until next time, thanks for reading.

Steve Himmer