James Reich

James Reich

“THE BEST NEW BOOK I’VE READ THIS YEAR” – ‘SKINSHIP’ REVIEWED BY DAVID AGRANOFF

“James Reich is an author who defies most standard genre conventions. While he doesn’t have the literary reputation of Brian Evenson or Margaret Atwood, James Reich is writing some of the best Science Fiction in the underground indie movement […] It is a deep ecological novel that combines genuine body …

LORD OF CORRUPTION AND ALL CREATION: JAMES REICH’S ‘THE MOTH FOR THE STAR’ REVIEWED

Stat®Rec recently published a wonderfully erudite and precise review by John Mirkovic of The Moth for the Star (7.13 Books). An extract is re-published below, but please visit the original site for the full review, linked below. Mirkovic’s review opens: In The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot, the urban sub-chaos softly closes with the …

JAMES REICH: THE STAT®REC INTERVIEW

Shortly after the publication of The Moth for the Star, James Reich was interviewed by writer Jordan Rothacker whose latest science fiction The Shrieking of Nothing is published by Spacebar Books. They discuss the darker sides of modernism, music for writing, and the possibility of becoming persona non grata. Here …

WILHELM REICH VERSUS THE FLYING SAUCERS – OUT NOW

With great pleasure, we announce the publication of Wilhelm Reich versus The Flying Saucers (puntum/brainstorm books)! James Reich’s psychoanalytic monograph is the first to examine Reich’s relationship with flying saucer, UFO, or Ea phenomena constellated specifically with Reich’s “cinematic self.” From the publisher: The convenient myth of Wilhelm Reich is …

CRIMEREADS: MATTHEW BINDER INTERVIEWS JAMES REICH

CrimeReads recently published an interview with James Reich conducted by author Matthew Binder (Pure Cosmos Club, Stalking Horse Press; The Absolved, Black Spot Books). In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss independent publishing, melancholia, and taking risks as artists. Binder describes the origins of their creative friendship and asks some fine …

‘DIZZYING…DEVASTATING’ – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ON ‘THE MOTH FOR THE STAR’

This week, Publishers Weekly reviewed The Moth for the Star. It’s great to see the book being well-received by the trade press. The link to the full review can be found below, but among other things, they had this to say: Disturbing, distorted recollections build to a devastating reveal…an atmospheric …

ZACK ROSEN’S ‘SYZYGY’ – INTERVIEWS WITH SEAN ONO LENNON AND CONNOR GRANT FOR SPIN MAGAZINE

James Reich’s latest piece for SPIN Magazine concerns the posthumous release of music by Zack Rosen, a talented musician whose life and work were affected by schizophrenia. Rosen. From the article: “I think your friend is schizophrenic.” That’s how Connor Grant recalls Sean Ono Lennon’s reaction, in 2016, to hearing the …

‘BOMBSHELL’ AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY

James Reich’s novel anti-nuclear novel Bombshell (Soft Skull, 2013) will be part of the conversation during Tel-Aviv University’s international conference Considering Violence 2023. Once more, we are grateful to Dr. Inna Sukhenko for including the novel as part of her discourse on De-emoting Violence in Fictionalizing Nuclear History: ‘Slow Hope’, …

‘EXQUISITE’ – SIMON SELLARS ON ‘THE MOTH FOR THE STAR’

Sometimes, a reader understands a book perfectly. Acclaimed writer Simon Sellars, author most recently of Code Beast (Wanton Sun, 2023) and Applied Ballardianism: Memoir From a Parallel Universe (Urbanomic, 2018) sent his thoughts on The Moth for the Star (September, 7.13 Books). I’ve been an admirer of his work, particularly …

‘A MARVEL’ – ACCLAIMED CRIME WRITER CHUCK GREAVES ON ‘THE MOTH FOR THE STAR’

We were delighted to receive a note from award-winning crime and legal thriller author Chuck Greaves who had some kind words for James Reich’s The Moth for The Star. Of the novel which publishes in September 2023 from 7.13 Books, Greaves says: “Hypnotic, brooding, and ultimately spellbinding, The Moth for …