“Devine, TX” by George Masters
By eleven in the morning the streets of Devine, Texas were as flat and as hot as the griddle the cook downstairs was doing bacon and eggs on . . .
March 2014 News & Features
Robert Antoni’s As Flies to Whatless Boys Shortlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize!
Congratulations to Robert Antoni, whose latest novel, As Flies to Whatless Boys, has been shortlisted for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature!
[VIDEO] Game World Author C.J. Farley Appears on NBC’s Today Show!
Game World author C.J. Farley appeared live on NBC’s The Today Show to discuss gender and children’s literature! [VIDEO]
Drawing Autism Featured in the New York Times!
The March 30, 2014 issue of the New York Times features Drawing Autism, edited by Jill Mullin, in the “Visuals” section of the New York Times Sunday Book Review!
Review: Gilgi by Irmgard Keun, Translated by Geoff Wilkes
Akashic intern Amanda Horn reviews Gilgi by Imgard keun, translated by Geoff Wilkes (Melville House).
Rob Warmowski on the Jesus Lizard in Chicago, 1990
To celebrate the release of The Jesus Lizard Book, Akashic will be featuring excerpts from Book on our website once a week throughout March. Today, we bring you Rob Warmowski’s piece on the July 21, 1990 Jesus Lizard show at Edge of the Looking Glass in Chicago.
Drawing Autism featured in The Boston Globe!
The March 22nd, 2014 issue of The Boston Globe featured Drawing Autism, edited by Jill Mullin!
“The Life Saver” by Lina Zeldovich
A knock on the door interrupted Imam Galim’s late night tea. Resting in his apartment attached to the Qolşärif mosque—the largest mosque not only in Tatarstan’s capital, but all of Russia—he was watching the moon rise over the Kazanka River and the nearby Blagoveshchensk Cathedral . . .