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Trapped in America: On Morgan Talty’s “Fire Exit”
Josh Billings reviews Morgan Talty’s debut novel “Fire Exit.”
Josh Billings
Josh Billings is a writer, translator, and nurse who lives in Farmington, Maine. He edits the Rustica Journal, a literary and arts magazine dedicated to the new pastoral.
Articles
The Good Wood: On Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”
Making History Sing: On Vera Mutafchieva’s “The Case of Cem”
Josh Billings reviews Bulgarian author Vera Mutafchieva’s historical novel “The Case of Cem.”
The Real Unrealists: On Andrey Platonov’s “Chevengur”
Josh Billings reviews the new translation of Russian author Andrey Platonov’s classic novel “Chevengur.”
Studies in Heresy: On the Intimate Translations and Translated Intimacies of Bruno Schulz
Josh Billings details the challenges of translating the great Polish writer Bruno Schulz.
Idylling: On Wesley McNair’s “Late Wonders”
Josh Billings reviews Wesley McNair’s “Late Wonders: New and Selected Poems.”
Hard to Be a Dad: On Adrian Nathan West’s “My Father’s Diet”
Josh Billings tucks into “My Father’s Diet,” a novel by Adrian Nathan West.
Magical Thinking: On Mikhail Epstein’s Expansive History of Recent Russian Thought
Josh Billings surveys Mikhail Epstein’s monumental survey of late and post-Soviet thinkers.
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