Stan

Author: Marream Krollos Publisher: Meekling Press (2020)  Stan puts the reader quickly into the throes of fresh madness, with a voice as committed to lyrical beauty as it is to understanding our species' basest, most persistent desires. The titular object of affection is just one of the many subjects that its narrator yearns for, as she confesses her shame, desire, and humiliations with a rigor and insight that will make Marream Krollos, author also of FC2's Big City, an author worth following for years to come. "This is a report from a wound that is a kaleidoscope. Written from the outpost of the female body—which is at least here to say a threatened, denigrated, unfairly framed place—Krollos suggests (in a lineage with Qiu Miaojin, Christine Angot...) that obsession, yearning, and unashamed negativity, too, are antidotes to the popular sentence. Perfect as novella, this packet of restless anguish is a good look at what the world looks like from something stung." –Caren Beilin "Accord