The Page 69 Test features Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 10, 2024
Akoto applied the Page 69 Test to his debut novel, Blindspot in America, and reported the following:
News & Reviews
News:
Hasty Book List features Elom K. Akoto’s BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
Blindspot in America gives a provocative depiction of some of the realities immigrants face in the United States—racism and discrimination—but also their hopes and faith in a country that promises […]
Deborah Kalb interviews Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
Q: What inspired you to write Blindspot in America, and how did you create your character Kamao? A: I wanted to write a story that explores different immigrants’ viewpoints and experiences […]
A Mighty Blaze features Elom K. Akoto’s BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
A Mighty Blaze (Online) included the book in their October 1st roundup for New Release Tuesday!
Crimespree Magazine features Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
Five Authors Who Influenced me as a Reader and as a Writer by Elom K. Akoto | Oct 1, 2024 | Features, Five Things My teenage years were characterized by three activities: school, soccer, and reading. […]
Authors Answer interviews Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
Favorite non-reading activity? Besides writing, I like watching and playing soccer. It’s a popular game in my home country of Togo (West Africa), and I’ve been playing it since I […]
Writer’s Digest spotlights Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
In this interview, Elom discusses how his experiences as an immigrant helped inspire his new political thriller, Blindspot in America, what he learned in the process of publishing the novel, and […]
Reader’s Entertainment Magazine interviews Elom Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: October 8, 2024
Today, we are welcoming author Elom Akoto to the blog. First, tell our readers a bit about yourself. Where you’re from, where you live? Is writing your full-time job? I’m […]
Rachel León from Chicago Review of Books interviews Esinam Bediako, author of BLOOD ON THE BRAIN
Date: October 1, 2024
Readers often talk about liking a novel (or not) because they connected to the protagonist (or didn’t). Reasons, sometimes inexplicable, for connecting—or not—vary from one reader to the next. That […]
The Root interviews Aliah Wright, author of NOW YOU OWE ME
Date: September 23, 2024
Black Writer On How To Write An Alluring Villain and a Dynamic Black, Female Hero Aliah Wright details how to get started writing a book and creating twin serial killers […]
Reviews:
Chico Sol praises Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: April 17, 2013
Lindajoy Fenley from Chico Sol applauds Andrew Lam's Birds of Paradise Lost.- "As I read Lam's stories, I wished I could meet people he had created. Each one was a […]
Tottenville Review praises Steam Laundry
Date: April 10, 2013
Rebecca Kuensting from Tottenville Review applauds Nicole Stellon O'Donnell's Steam Laundry.- "As captured by O’Donnell, Sarah has pluck and grace, and an undeniable stubborn streak that resonates, even as her […]
The Scrapper Poet reviews Burn This House
Date: March 28, 2013
Karen J. Weyant from The Scrapper Poet chooses Kelly Davio's Burn This House as her "March Poetry Pick".- "Indeed, if anything, these poems are questions — questions about both our […]
Shelf Awareness applauds Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: March 22, 2013
Thuy Dinh from Shelf Awareness praises Andrew Lam's Birds of Paradise Lost.- “The 13 stories in Andrew Lam's Birds of Paradise Lost soar like birds in mid-flight, bridging the space […]
Huffington Post praises Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: March 13, 2013
Nina Sankovitch from Huffington Post applauds Andrew Lam's "supple and daring imagination" in Birds of Paradise Lost.- "Lam crystallizes the tension of immigration—the pull between wanting to hold onto the […]
Alaska History finds Steam Laundry compelling
Date: March 4, 2013
Deborah Poore Homer of Alaska History lauds Nicole Stellon O'Donnell.- "Her talent with metaphor and language, and her sense of poignant moments, leaves one pondering the immensity of a familys […]
Verse Daily features Nicole Stellon O’Donnell’s poem River Town””
Date: March 4, 2013
Check out a poem from Nicole Stellon O'Donell's collection Steam Laundry on Verse Daily. Full poem,
Green Mountains Review gives Ship of Fool high praise
Date: March 4, 2013
Erik Campbell applauds William Trowbridge's Ship of Fool in the Green Mountains Review. – “We need more books like Ship of Fool, more poetry collections that have the import and […]
Cirque Journal applauds Steam Laundry
Date: March 4, 2013
In a review for Cirque Journal, Ela Harrison Gordon praises Nicole Stellon O'Donnell's new poetry collection.- "This collection deserves a wider readership; deserves to be seen as more than an […]
The Adventures of Ibn Opcit featured on Booklist
Date: February 20, 2013
Diego Baez from Booklist praises John Barr's The Adventures of Ibn Opcit, calling it "wildly imaginative, satirical verse".- "Barr imbues his characters with such distinct voices and is so incredibly […]