Much later update: J.K. Rowling is a terrible person. We didn’t know that yet when this was originally written. Please take into account. Like almost every other… Read more “Harry Potter and the Too Much Yelling”
Category: Books
A Review of Madhur Anand’s A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes
The unique amalgam of poetics and physical science present in Madhur Anand’s 2015 poetry collection A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes is present from its very first lines: The… Read more “A Review of Madhur Anand’s A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes”
A Review of Bradford Tatum’s Only the Dead Know Burbank
Bradford Tatum’s debut novel is ninety percent of a great book. I’m not docking it because it lacks the magic to push it over the top, or… Read more “A Review of Bradford Tatum’s Only the Dead Know Burbank”
A review of C. Russell Price’s Tonight We Fuck the Trailer Park Out of Each Other
I spent the first seven years of my life in a trailer park. As kids, we moved in feral packs, and things that shouldn’t have happened happened… Read more “A review of C. Russell Price’s Tonight We Fuck the Trailer Park Out of Each Other”
Ray Bradbury on Writing Your Obsessions
Yell. Jump. Play. Out-run those sons-of-bitches. They’ll never live the way you live. Go do it. I recently left my job to write full-time. I’m now in the beginning… Read more “Ray Bradbury on Writing Your Obsessions”
A Review of Wastelands by Julia Eff
Zinester Julia Eff‘s book-length poetry chapbook Wastelands looks at depression, kink, gender, and, of all things, truck driving. In addition to Eff’s poetry, the 80-page, tri-stapled volume features… Read more “A Review of Wastelands by Julia Eff”
2016 Books I Still Want to Read
There are still a bunch of 2016 book releases I want to catch up with and read. Here’s the complete list: Poetry Blues Triumphant by Jonterri Gadson (Yes… Read more “2016 Books I Still Want to Read”
2017 Poetry Books I’m Excited About
I read a lot of poetry. After combing through catalogs for hundreds of publishers, here is a handful of 2017 poetry releases I am most looking forward… Read more “2017 Poetry Books I’m Excited About”
2017 Fiction and Nonfiction Titles I’m Excited About
There are so many awesome books coming out in 2017. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles I’m looking forward to the most. Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing… Read more “2017 Fiction and Nonfiction Titles I’m Excited About”
A Review of How To Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball
We’re just running down a fucking slope carrying these little flags, and one by one we get shot and we slump and our little flags are in… Read more “A Review of How To Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball”
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