Jamieson de Quincey

Elijah Newman Died Today

Fiction

“Death, like God, is an impenetrable mystery. Before it, we are compelled to either remain silent or turn it into a work of art. In Elijah Newman Died Today, Steven DeLay has managed to do both, an accomplishment that will reward readers, inspire envy among writers, and challenge each of us to inspect our relation to death and the divine.”

The Philosopher King

Fiction

“The aestheticization of violence is so central to Western literature (Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky) that it is hard to find a single great work for which it does not serve as the leitmotif. J. P. Madrox has learned well from his predecessors, though perhaps at the expense of his characters, many of whom suffer the slings of existing only in the pages of his beautiful, macabre yet exceedingly charming books.”