Short Attention Span Required   Issue #36

Capping off at six sentences, this lit blog keeps it short and sweet

Vibrator   Issue #34

By Mari Akasaka (Soft Skull Press, 160 pages, $13.95)

Caspian Rain   Issue #33

By Gina B. Nahai (MacAdam/Cage, 250 pages, $25)

LYDIA DAVIS   Issue #32

Upon the release of her sixth short-story collection, the writer-translator extraordinaire talks about the comfort of watching TV, reading Dick and Jane stories, and channeling Proust in her e-mails

‘Twin Study’ by Stacy Richter

In a parallel world where horny cavemen lurk in the hedges and the Land of Pain is an exit off the highway, the characters in this short story collection share the same loneliness and hunger for connection

Red Dog

Essay

M.I.A.   Issue #33

With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.

By Anne-Marie Payne

Get into Flower Arranging

By Cortney Heimerl

Elsie Flannigan of A Beautiful Mess

By Amy Strauss

Venus Zine Crowns the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll!   Issue #44

PART 1: STAFF PICKS

By Venus Zine Staff

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, H–M   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, A–G   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff