In Mishima’s world, an outpouring of sincerity is only good once, and the value of a moment correlates with its proximity to beauty or death.
Read MoreBarrelhouse Reviews: STAR by Yukio Mishima, trans. Sam Bett
Barrelhouse Reviews: EXTRATRANSMISSION by Andrea Abi-Karam
EXTRATRANSMISSION did not leave me breathless. It violently pumped me full of air and brought oxygen back to my brain — almost too much.
Read MoreBarrelhouse Reviews: The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán, trans. Sophie Hughes
It was in that narrative 180-degree turn that I realized: Holy shit, I’ve read this before.
Read MoreBarrelhouse Reviews: Fishing Through the Apocalypse by Matthew L. Miller
That’s what this book does best: it provides hope. Hope that we can preserve what’s left.
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Secrets
A Special Online Issue Produced by Students in Susquehanna University’s Literary Magazine Publishing & Editing Practicum
Secrets
in Online Issue
This Barrelhouse issue was produced by seven secret Susquehanna agents in the Literary Journalism Publishing and Editing Practicum class with the help of BarrelHouse editor Dave Housley. We have worked together nonstop to get this issue up and out in just seven weeks. How we did it will remain our secret.
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