Against Hope

By Jenny Kendler

JUNE 2019 | Critics Page

To let go of hope is to face up to the fact that we’re not going to make it through this gauntlet without incurring terrible wounds.

FAN FICTION: Andrew Shaffer's Hope Never Dies

By Matt Grant

JUL-AUG 2018 | Books

Hope Never Dies, the first Obama/Biden mystery by best-selling humorist and satirist Andrew Shaffer. Part noir thriller, part fan fiction bromance, just the cover of Hope Never Dies is enough for a good chuckle.

Tragic Strip

By Tom Motley

MAY 2019 | Fiction

Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His publications include Tragic Strip (a monthly strip in the Brooklyn Rail), The Golden Ass, The One Marvelous Thing, and contributions to the indie anthology Cartozia Tales. He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts and illustration at Pratt.

Singing History and Finding Hope

River Rail Colby | River Rail

In a barn in Wisconsin, Ben Theyerl maps a history of environmental crisis and displacement in old bluegrass standards.