John Madera

Delighted to share that NERVOSITIES, my debut collection of short fiction, was published today! Kapow! NERVOSITIES has received advance praise from some of the world's finest writers, e.g., Rikki Ducornet, Brian Evenson, Lance Olsen, Sam Lipsyte, Garielle Lutz, & Michael Martone.

Funny how often things undeserving of attention get attention for being undeserving of attention.

Delighted to soon be publishing a marvelous sextet of poems by Sylvia Legris in @BigOtherMag! In the meantime, marvel at some of her many other wonders at the link below! #tab-poems" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">poetryfoundation.org/poets/sylvia-l…

"I am alone in my monotonous country, While all those around me live in the idolatry Of a mirror reflecting in its depths serene [...]" —Stéphane Mallarmé, "Hérodiade"

"It is in front of the paper that the artist creates themself." —Stéphane Mallarmé (Image: Remedios Varo’s Creación de las aves (Creation of the Birds), 1957)

"The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book." —Stéphane Mallarmé

"The poets, with what should be their continuous incitements, are a guarantee for revolutions." —Roberto Matta (Image: Roberto Matta's Allende de la muerte a la vida, Pasaje de la muerte a la vida, 1973-1974)

One way to destroy an idea is to unquestioningly submit to external ideas about what form that idea is allowed to take.

"There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns." —Octavia E. Butler

“We need in every bay and community a group of angelic troublemakers.” ―Bayard Rustin

"The only way to reduce ugliness in the world is to reduce it in yourself." ―Bayard Rustin

"I became water and saw myself a mirage, became an ocean and saw myself a speck of foam, gained awareness and saw that all is but forgetfulness, woke up and found myself asleep." —Binavi Badakhshâni

"Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary." —Uta Hagen (Photo: Elmira Humphries, Miss Radio Queen 1939)

@KirkusReviews calls Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE a "keen synthesis of fact and fiction"; and a "cabinet full of unsettled ideas with a universe of language behind it! kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a… (Message me for a review copy, interview requests, etc.) Cc: @FCtwo

Read Angela Woodward's music playlist for AFTERLIFE at @LargeheartedBoy! (Message me for a review copy, interview requests, etc.) largeheartedboy.com/2026/03/15/ang… Cc: @FCtwo

@pineredemption @beyondzeropod Thanks, Bianca!

Happy Publication Day to Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE! The novel is a kaleidoscopic meditation on grief, memory, and the uncanny, where dreams, histories, and forgotten encyclopedias blur the line between life and afterlife. Message me for a review copy, interview requests, etc.

"Like silent rage, the most terrible plague is one that does not reveal its symptoms." —Antonin Artaud