This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “Farming and God were two industries by which family fortune might flourish or fail in Fort Sackville.” Fort Sackville,… Read more “A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond”
Category: Fiction Reviews
A Review of Lisa Birnbaum’s Worthy
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Lisa Birnbaum’s Worthy (Dzanc Books, 2016) tells the story of Ludmila, an eastern European woman managing a run-down strip joint… 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Matthew Griffin’s debut novel Hide (Bloomsbury, 2016) is the story of a lifelong love that has carved out a shelter… Read more “A Review of Matthew Griffin’s Hide”
A Review of Square Wave by Mark De Silva
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Mark De Silva’s Square Wave (Two Dollar Radio, 2016) is an ambitious and wholly unique novel. The book feels… Read more “A Review of Square Wave by Mark De Silva”
Dubliners by James Joyce
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore Until this month, I had never read anything by James Joyce. No Finnegan’s Wake, no Ulysses, no A Portrait of the Artist… Read more “Dubliners by James Joyce”
A Review of The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy About Love (and Hate) by Chris Matheson
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. To say Chris Matheson’s The Story of God is irreverent would be misleading: irreverent does not begin to cover it. Matheson… 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Travis Mulhauser takes the style of southern rural noir and brings it to the snowy forests of northern Michigan… Read more “A Review of Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser”
A Review of Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris is a frozen fever dream swirling together snow, memory, and identity.… 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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