first published in Barrelhouse mag https://www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/mcconnell-currentdisasters-waite Reviewed by David Waite Roadside Press / May 2025 / 100 pp In Jen McConnell’s Current Disasters, the absurd looms just as large as dread or joy or understanding. The twenty stories, some medium-sized and some only a paragraph, often have a shattering absurdity, but equally often, they offer …
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May 28
CURRENT DISASTERS by Jen McConnell reviewed
The Roadside Press release of CURRENT DISASTERS by Jen McConnell has recently been reviewed in a couple of publications. First, from Independent Book Review: https://independentbookreview.com/2025/05/26/book-review-current-disasters-2/ “This is the kind of book that roots deep in the mind and inspires consideration long after turning the final page.” but also, at San Francisco Book Review: …
ROADSIDE PRESS
2025 PUSHCART NOMINEES
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"The Jumping-Off Point" by Jen McConnell
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