Wilder by Claire Wahmanholm is a rare prophetic glimpse into a future haunted by the now. An alchemist of language, Wahmanholm’s first full-length book since her award-winning chapbook, Night Vision, is a revelry far beyond what I believed imagination could conjure. She gives us a complete stranger of a world, a planet ruled by its own profound logic of consistency… Read more →
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Review: An Untouched House by Willem Frederik Hermans
The incomprehensible evil of the early twentieth century’s fascist regimes has made it easy to fall into a trap of thinking—one which governments that send their peoples to war would like for us to fall into—that conflict could conceivably be reduced to a struggle between good and bad. We should be wary of narratives that seek to make us forget… Read more →
Announcing the winners of Meridian’s Borders Contest!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our Spring 2017 contest in poetry and prose on the theme of Borders. We received over 500 entries to the contest and were heartened to see how many of you made donations to the International Rescue Committee or other organization in lieu of an entry fee. Thank you from all of us… Read more →
Meridian Contributor Spotlight – Summer 2016
Meridian contributors are a hardworking and talented bunch. Here’s a rundown of the latest news about our contributors. If we’ve missed anything (it’s tough to keep up with such overachieving writers, you know), please let us know. We’d be happy to edit this post to include anything we may have overlooked. Wendy Rawlings (Meridian 36) has an essay in the latest… Read more →