I conducted this interview with novelist and screenwriter Tara Ison almost a decade ago for a now defunct site after the publication of her 2015 book Reeling… Read more “Reeling Through Life: An Interview with Tara Ison”
Category: Books
So Much Bastard Beauty: Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón
This review was original published in Open Letter Monthly in 2015. Before she moved to my dead-end town to be with me, my wife asked me how… Read more “So Much Bastard Beauty: Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón”
Every Book I Read in 2018
Below is every book and zine I read in 2018. An * denotes a book I had read previously and reread in 2018. Links are to reviews… Read more “Every Book I Read in 2018”
A Review of Gabrielle Brant Freeman’s When She Was Bad
In “The Audacious Canvas,” an early poem in Gabrielle Brant Freeman’s When She Was Bad, the poet observes the paintings of Lucian Freud and categorizes them as “anti-selfies.”… Read more “A Review of Gabrielle Brant Freeman’s When She Was Bad”
2018 Books I’m Looking Forward To
There are quite a few books coming out in 2018 that I am very, very excited about. Which 2018 books are you most looking forward to? Indictus… Read more “2018 Books I’m Looking Forward To”
A Review of Rebecca Dunham’s Cold Pastoral
Pastoral poetry, for most of its history, has sought out scenes of agrarian life for the purpose of escape and reflection. It has turned to nature as… Read more “A Review of Rebecca Dunham’s Cold Pastoral”
Every Book I Read in 2017
Below is every book and zine I read in 2017. An * denotes a book I had read previously and reread in 2017. Links are to reviews… Read more “Every Book I Read in 2017”
A Review of We Were Witches by Ariel Gore
We Were Witches, underground literary goddess Ariel Gore’s newest novel, should be required reading, and I’m not even going to amend that sentence to explain for whom.… Read more “A Review of We Were Witches by Ariel Gore”
A Review of The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A.C. Wise
The characters of A.C. Wise‘s stories in The Kissing Booth Girl (Lethe Press, 2016) are outsiders, every one of them. Some have secrets and hide in plain sight, others… Read more “A Review of The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A.C. Wise”
Katy and I Discuss Sarah Schmidt’s See What I Have Done
Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one Here is the U.S.,… Read more “Katy and I Discuss Sarah Schmidt’s See What I Have Done”
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