Growing up as a Jewish boy in Flatbush in the 1950s and ’60s was a tumultuous time shaped by the aftermath of WWII, the JFK assassination and then commonly-accepted bigotry, as author Robert Rosen shares in his new book, "Bobby in Naziland: A Tale of Flatbush". The coming-of-age memoir tells the story of Rosen and […]
In these poems, the sentimentalized experience of middle-age is about not just connectedness but overconnectedness, and to all the wrong things. Hyperaware, hypervigilant, and abundantly alert, Belz surveys the banal, the grinding quotidian, and asks not, "Is this all?" but rather "Isn't this not all?" And then he bows his head either to pray or […]
"The Machinery of the Heart: Love Stories" is an immersive and interactive second short story collection from Adam "Bucho" Rodenberger that compiles 18 stories revolving around the topic of love in some form or another; love of people, love of ideas, love of objects, love of the self, loss of love, or no love at […]
"Love and Errors": In both personal and fictional accounts, these intimate poems navigate experiences with love(s), gender roles, violence and survival. "Love and Errors" is a heartbreaking critique, and yet a heartwarming account, of the personal and collective journey back to connection, love, and peace. In the wake of movements like #metoo, Time’s Up Now, […]
A vibrant history of the renowned and often controversial Iowa Writers' Workshop and its celebrated alumni and faculty As the world's preeminent creative writing program, the Iowa Writers' Workshop has produced an astonishing number of distinguished writers and poets since its establishment in 1936. Its alumni and faculty include twenty-eight Pulitzer Prize winners, six U.S. […]
If a rolling stone gathers no moss, the poems in Devin Johnston’s Mosses and Lichens attend to what accretes over time, as well as to what erodes. They often take place in the middle of life’s journey, at the edge of the woods, at the boundary of human community and wild spaces. Following Ovid, they […]
It's Children's Book Week! Please join us for an outside signing with Jan Jacobi and his young adult novel, Young Lincoln. Abe Lincoln is growing up on the American frontier in Indiana. It's cold, there isn't usually enough to eat, there's nothing at all to read, and the one job that awaits him is farmer, […]
It's Children's Book Week! Please join us as we welcome John Hendrix as he reads from and signs "Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles", the new middle grade novel by Thomas Lennon, with illustrations by John Hendrix. Ronan, fifteen, the youngest and lowliest recruit to Ireland's secret Garda, faces untold danger from the wee […]
While the St. Louis State Hospital dome has loomed over the St. Louis skyline for 150 years, the goings-on behind the closed doors of this mysterious complex of South City buildings has been the subject of speculation and curiosity for generations. This fascinating book takes readers beyond the gates on Arsenal and into an institution’s […]
From the French fiddlers of the fur trading days to the rock and hip hop icons of the present millennium, St. Louis has been a town rich in musical history. Though it has rarely been cited as a center of any scene, any area that has been home to Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Ike & […]
Food studies, once trendy, has settled into the public arena. In the academy, scholarship on food and literary culture constitutes a growing river within literary and cultural studies, but writing on African American food and dining remains a tributary. "Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning" bridges this gap, illuminating the role of foodways […]
Please join us as we celebrate Subterranean Books' own Gena Brady, with an opening reception Friday, March 1, 6-8pm. The show will be up through April 30. "It’s been hard to see anything for a long time. I recently started to look out, past all the people, objects and cities - beyond myself." ABOUT GENA: […]