All posts by Glenn Lester

February 8th, 2011

All in the Family

Ellen Meeropol’s debut novel tackles bizarre cult rituals, political violence, drug abuse, infanticide, and the Klan. …more

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November 9th, 2010

Why They Cried

These stories by Jim Hanas are about something important: how much suffering arises in the gap between our public identities and whatever kernel of self is left inside. …more

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June 8th, 2010

The Madonnas of Echo Park

“The border disappears, and in a finger snap we are running to cook your food, to clean your houses, to cut your grass…” …more

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April 10th, 2010

The Resistance of Memory

Ander Monson attempts to move beyond “the singular authority of ‘I’ in nonfiction,” exploring new possibilities for the memoir form. …more

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March 10th, 2010

Teenagers from Mars

Peter Bognanni’s first novel mixes punk rock and the wild creativity of Buckminster Fuller into a tender and believable chronicle of teen sorrow. …more

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Glenn Lester has taught at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where he also earned his MFA and edited The Greensboro Review. His writing has appeared in StorySouth, The 2nd Hand, Juked, elimae, and elsewhere. He lives in Kansas City, MO.

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