Category Archives: Reviews

February News from Rescue

Posted on 02/26/2013 by Rescue Press

Have you been wondering what the Rescue crew is up to? Here are a few updates and a bunch of new work from Rescue Press authors and editors: Marc Rahe has new poems up at Petri Press. Madeline McDonnell’s new … Continue reading →

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Hunting License:

Posted on 07/03/2012 by Rescue Press

“[The characters] are a strange and deluded and self-important and typically damaged bunch. They speak in ridiculous idioms. They crack flat jokes and clever jokes and jokes that only they find funny. They frequently feel terrible for themselves and, less … Continue reading →

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The Wilhelm Scream

Posted on 02/18/2012 by Rescue Press

Thoughtful and amazing new reviews of Vinnie Wilhelm’s IN THE ABSENCE OF PREDATORS can be found at NewPages and The Collagist.

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“… the possibility of arrival.”

Posted on 01/09/2012 by Rescue Press

“And there it is—the bird, the word, the moth, the errant sound, or flying thing that escapes in all these stories, or tries to, or tries desperately to remain suppressed.” A new review of Madeline McDonnell’s THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE, … Continue reading →

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Banjo Band’s Tamborine News:

Posted on 12/01/2011 by Rescue Press

1. Check out this beautiful review of Melissa Dickey’s THE LILY WILL at iO: “. . .The Lily Will is also a book that has a changing of seasons, a cycle of both natural and unnatural dying and rebirth. In … Continue reading →

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“the music and the meaning”

Posted on 11/07/2011 by Rescue Press

1. Congratulations Shane McCrae (author of IN CANAAN) for winning one of this year’s Whiting Awards! The Iowa City Press Citizen interviews him here. 2. An insightful review of Andrea Rexilius’ TO BE HUMAN IS TO BE A CONVERSATION can … Continue reading →

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August News & Notes:

Posted on 08/18/2011 by Rescue Press

1. Zach Savich’s debut collection of nonfiction—Events Film Cannot Withstand—is #5 on SPD’s Nonfiction Best-Sellers list! To read an excerpt of his book, which is part scandalous memoir, part self-help sabotage, and part investigatory journaling, go to At Length, which … Continue reading →

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Duration, Frankenstein, Mirrors, Milkweed:

Posted on 08/05/2011 by Rescue Press

Over at the ever-wonderful Bookslut site–and mentioned again at the Harriet Blog—Olivia Cronk interviews Andrea Rexilius about her Rescue Press book, TO BE HUMAN IS TO BE A CONVERSATION, as well as her upcoming book from Letter Machine Editions, HALF … Continue reading →

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Rescue Press Press & Notes:

Posted on 07/30/2011 by Rescue Press

Take a peek at this lovely article from the Iowa City Press Citizen about the Rescue Press reading last week, and this beautiful interview in Little Village with Madeline McDonnell in which she discusses humor, music in language, the definition … Continue reading →

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Wrenching Tensions:

Posted on 03/23/2011 by Rescue Press

From Vol. 1 Brooklyn, a new review of Madeline McDonnell’s “There Is Something Inside, It Wants To Get Out”… read it HERE.

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