Date: November 11, 2020
When it comes to money-related issues, mum’s the word. Talking about wealth right now couldn’t be more charged. Did you know that 8 out of 10 people who are wealthy […]
Date: November 11, 2020
One of the books I read this year and loved (and keep recommending!) is Kristen Millares Young’s Subduction, set on the Makah Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington. The story follows two […]
Date: November 10, 2020
I met Rebecca McClanahan on Facebook. I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting her in person. I saw the cover of her new memoir in essays: In the […]
Date: November 10, 2020
A PDF of In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays by Rebecca McClanahan sits on my desk, held together with a big clip. The top page […]
Date: November 10, 2020
TBR [to be read] is a semi-regular, invitation-only interview series with authors of newly released/forthcoming, interesting books who will tell us about their new work as well as offer tips […]
Date: November 10, 2020
In her new book, In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays, slated for release on September 1, 2020, Rebecca McClanahan recounts the decade that she and […]
Date: November 10, 2020
I loved In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays. I read The Tribal Knot during my MFA, so it was a treat to read another book […]
Date: November 10, 2020
In 1998, with a sublet lined up but without jobs, Rebecca McClanahan and her husband left North Carolina and moved to New York City. They were well into middle age. […]
Date: November 5, 2020
Join Zyzzyva managing editor Oscar Villalon with Jonathan Escoffery, Wendy C. Ortiz, Siel Ju, Andrés Reconco, Kathleen Mackay, and Nina Revoyr ZYZZYVA closes out its year-long celebration of its 35th anniversary with the publication of Issue No. 119—the […]
Date: November 4, 2020
Risher’s memoir shares conversations with friends and family and her own inner dialogue, following her evolution after realizing that she and her husband were not just successful professionals but hugely […]
Date: February 27, 2012
Lee Polevoi of the Los Angeles Review of Books says that, "Bin Laden's Bald Spot encompasses worlds of absurdity and quotidian reality in the voices of ordinary citizens. Underneath the […]
Date: February 16, 2012
In the Connecticut River Review, Emilia Phillips says that "Brewer's intentions in Give Over, Graymalkin waver between reverence and ravaging, and the tension between the two creates an energy that […]
Date: February 16, 2012
In the Asheville Poetry Review, Patrick Bizzaro had this to say about Gaylord Brewer's Give Over, Graymalkin- "As poetry, Brewer's work avoids sentimentality and instead reveals the inner workings of […]
Date: February 13, 2012
Recently, James A. Cox of The Midwest Book Review had this to say about Genevieve Kaplan – "In the ice house is a core addition to any modern poetry collection." […]
Date: February 9, 2012
D.K. Row notes that “‘Bin Laden’s Bald Spot,’ illustrates how avidly Doyle likes to experiment with narrative structure; draw tersely spoken characters; riff using folksy humor but also with 19th-century […]
Date: January 31, 2012
The editor's at The Midwest Book Review had this to say about Robert Sward's poetry collection: “‘New and Selected Poems: 1957-2011’ is a collection of poetry from Robert Sward, looking […]
Date: January 31, 2012
Smartish Pace gives deep insight into Gaylord Brewer and his collection, Give Over, Graymalkin: “Brewer is a deeply personal poet, and in many ways is his own best subject. He […]
Date: January 31, 2012
The editors of Notre Dame Review acknowledge: Contributor Gaylord Brewers new book [consists] mainly [of] poems written far away from his home in Tennesseein India during a residency at the […]
Date: January 31, 2012
Robin Linn for Sugar House Review had this to say about Give Over, Graymalkin: Brewers collection engages with adventuresome verse that is lyrical, rhythmic and lush with allusion. Sugar House […]
Date: January 31, 2012
Notre Dame Magazine spotlights Bin Laden's Bald Spot, saying: In [Brian Doyles] collection of 25 stories, readers will meet a barber who shaves the heads of thugs in Bin Ladens […]
