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: NF Reviews
Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook
Confession: I’ve never read any of Jeff Vandermeer’s fiction. Which makes it a little odd that I decided to read his book about writing, but in some… Read more “Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook”
A Review of Linda S. Godfrey’s American Monsters
In October 2010, I retreated into a local tract of forest with some friends for the purpose of making a really bad werewolf movie. Our goal was… Read more “A Review of Linda S. Godfrey’s American Monsters”
A Review of Angela Palm’s Riverine
Angela Palm grew up in the middle of nowhere, and only someone else who grew up in the middle of nowhere can really understand what that means.… Read more “A Review of Angela Palm’s Riverine”
A Review of Herman Wouk’s Sailor and Fiddler
I arrived at a connection with Herman Wouk’s writing from an oblique angle, and the connection has remained tenuous. Reader, I’ll be honest, I’ve read none of… Read more “A Review of Herman Wouk’s Sailor and Fiddler”
A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez
Spitboy, an all-female punk/hardcore band active in the first half of the 1990s, were far more groundbreaking than their short run as a band would seem to… Read more “A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez”
A Review of Melissa Broder’s So Sad Today
Melissa Broder is screwed up, and she’d like to tell you about it. In her new book So Sad Today, Broder vomits onto the page as much of… Read more “A Review of Melissa Broder’s So Sad Today”
A Review of Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys
Laura Horak’s new book Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema (Rutgers University Press, 2016) is an exhaustively researched and insightful look at gender norms and… Read more “A Review of Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys”
A Review of Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting by Eilon Paz
Dust & Grooves, a website created and run by Eilon Paz, has been an online Shangri-la for record collectors for several years now, and Paz’s new book… Read more “A Review of Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting by Eilon Paz”
A Review of Bookmobiles in America by Orty Ortwein
Orto Ortwein’s self-published Bookmobiles in America is a labor of love and represents one man’s passionate interest in a unique and disappearing service of public libraries. Many Americans over… Read more “A Review of Bookmobiles in America by Orty Ortwein”
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