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:
Online literary magazine Parallax praises Brendan Constantine
Date: September 25, 2012
Here's what Isaac Dwyer had to say about Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe in a recent review for Parallax. – “Calamity Joe is quirky, clever, and just past the level of […]
Ship of Fool featured in New Letters Magazine
Date: September 25, 2012
Gary Dop had this to say about Ship of Fool by William Trowbridge in New Letters Magazine. – “William Trowbridge’s Ship of Fool, through laughs and gaffes, reveals that, like […]
Blogger Cindy Sheppard calls My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus a must read!
Date: September 25, 2012
Here's what Cindy Sheppard had to say about My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus in a recent post on her blog, Cinzia, Lady in Weighting. – “This is a book […]
Calamity Joe makes The Gamut’s best of summer list!
Date: September 25, 2012
Janet Fitch picks Brendan Constantine’s Calamity Joe as one of her must reads for The Gamut's Books of Summer list. – "Poetry is the art of grabbing a fleeting moment […]
BookNAround praises David Maine’s latest book
Date: September 25, 2012
Kristen at BookNAround blog recommends her readers check out David Maine’s An Age of Madness for its slowly revealing plot that won’t let you put down the book until you […]
In the ice house featured in The Daily Iowan
Date: September 25, 2012
Genevieve Kaplan's In the ice house reviewed in The Daily Iowan – "Kaplan can rove at a delirious pace between the kitchen and the forest with syntactical precision. Winter is […]
Review for Snake on Shelf Awareness
Date: September 25, 2012
Freelance writer Donald Powell hails Gary Lemons' Snake as both an apocalyptic and tear-filled ride. – "Snake is a wonderful fable, a trickster tale, a vision of a world set […]
The Kansas City Star reviews Kelly Barth’s My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus
Date: September 18, 2012
Here's what Elyssa East of The Kansas City Star had to say about Kelly Barth's My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus. – “…an eye-opening read for anyone interested in reconciling […]
Praise for Jack Foley in Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review
Date: August 21, 2012
In praise of Jack Foley's The Dancer and the Dance, Marvin R. Hiemstra, of Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review, says, "Here are magnificently crafted studies you won’t find anywhere else. […]
The Next Best Book Blog reviews David Maine’s An Age of Madness
Date: August 21, 2012
Lori Hettler had this to say about David Maine's An Age of Madness in her recent review for TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog. – "Through the brilliance of David […]