Farming and God were two industries by which family fortune might flourish or fail in Fort Sackville. Fort Sackville, Indiana, the setting for J. Patrick Redmond’s novel Some… Read more “A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond”
Category: Fiction Reviews
A Review of Lisa Birnbaum’s Worthy
Lisa Birnbaum’s Worthy (Dzanc Books, 2016) tells the story of Ludmila, an eastern European woman managing a run-down strip joint in Tampa, Florida. The novel is narrated in Ludmila’s… Read more “A Review of Lisa Birnbaum’s Worthy”
A Review of Scruffians: Stories of Better Sodomites by Hal Duncan
Hal Duncan’s Scruffians: Stories of Better Sodomites is a collection of fantastical stories that are at points silly, grotesque, absurd, transgressive, poignant, and usually more than one of those things… Read more “A Review of Scruffians: Stories of Better Sodomites by Hal Duncan”
A Review of Matthew Griffin’s Hide
Matthew Griffin’s debut novel Hide (Bloomsbury, 2016) is the story of a lifelong love that has carved out a shelter in the shadows of a cruel and intolerant… Read more “A Review of Matthew Griffin’s Hide”
A Review of Square Wave by Mark De Silva
Mark De Silva’s Square Wave (Two Dollar Radio, 2016) is an ambitious and wholly unique novel. The book feels hewn from the stuff of another literary age while… Read more “A Review of Square Wave by Mark De Silva”
Dubliners by James Joyce
Until this month, I had never read anything by James Joyce. No Finnegan’s Wake, no Ulysses, no A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Deciding to rectify this… Read more “Dubliners by James Joyce”
A Review of The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy About Love (and Hate) by Chris Matheson
To say Chris Matheson’s The Story of God is irreverent would be misleading: irreverent does not begin to cover it. Matheson sets out to be just about as offensive… Read more “A Review of The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy About Love (and Hate) by Chris Matheson”
A Review of Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser
Travis Mulhauser takes the style of southern rural noir and brings it to the snowy forests of northern Michigan in his debut novel Sweetgirl. The novel is set in fictional… Read more “A Review of Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser”
A Review of Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris
Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris is a frozen fever dream swirling together snow, memory, and identity. The novel tells the story of four family members–Tonio Addison,… Read more “A Review of Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris”
A Review of The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory by Stacy Wakefield
In The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory Stacy Wakefield takes us inside the New York City squatting scene in the mid-90s. Beginning in the summer of 1995, the novel… Read more “A Review of The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory by Stacy Wakefield”
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