by Free State Review | Jun 16, 2025 | Bubbler, Features
The Nothingby Lauren DavisFiction | 156 pages | ISBN: 978-1-946303-05-9YesYes Books, May 2025 Review by Ashley Cowger Adult children of alcoholics, trauma survivors, a town of people sick from jellyfish-like blobs that fall inexplicably from the sky—these are the... 
by Darah Schillinger | Sep 1, 2024 | Bubbler, Features, FSR, Spotlight
Evelyn Berry’s work in Grief Slut, her debut, edgily titled collection of poems, has an excellent mouth feel. People pay lip service to the idea that poetry should be read aloud. From its first poem, “praise song in lieu of obituary,” Grief... 
by Darah Schillinger | Aug 12, 2024 | Bubbler, Features, FSR, Spotlight
The Promised Land (2023)Director: Nikolaj ArcelWriter: Nikolaj Arcel and Anders Thomas JensenStarring: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg In a brooding moment preceding The Promised Land’s third act, a minister kills a mosquito with a bible. Anton Eklund... 
by Darah Schillinger | May 13, 2024 | Bubbler, Features, Spotlight
In art, sometimes what’s problematic about a composition isn’t readily apparent. Something is wrong—but what? Why isn’t this drawing working? As much as the artist stares at their work, and perhaps because they stare too much, the identification of... 
by anniebellequattlebaum | May 28, 2018 | Bubbler, events, Features, Spotlight
Free State Review’s “Heavenly Creatures Contest” commemorates the luminous kite photography of celebrated darkroom artist Sally Gall, a photographer who has visited kite festivals around the world from Long Beach, Washington to Cervia, Italy and Fano, Denmark. These... 
by Free State Review | Mar 21, 2018 | Bubbler, Features
Love Story He orders a second drink. I argue with him until he promises he’ll sip it slow. At the bar I say, Let’s get some food in our stomachs. And when the bartender is busy he goes off—Hey scumbag, do your job. The show is starting. The lights go dark in the small...
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