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A new review of Orchid Tierney’s Mad Lichen is out today in HFR! “Properly observed, the lichen is the small entity whose embodiment of symbiosis is the sign of a state in which the microcosm stands for the macrocosm: as with the small, so with the great.” heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/02/20/m...

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Nonfiction Review: Daniel Barbiero Looks at Orchid Tierney’s Mad Lichen on the Surfaces of Reading Orchid Tierney’s beautifully composed essay looking at the Tiny: Mad lichen on the surfaces of reading is like a musical piece that takes a handful of motifs from a previously existing work and res… https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/02/20/mad-lichen/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabQosW3fF04dQt5eYFa393oUdtHE-_FlM6OF0vLlD5Jd6qV-bfpwwfaeR4_aem__XD9412HPWrLZawGuM7vzw