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”
Category: Books
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.” – from Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing: Essay on… 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “We’re just running down a fucking slope carrying these little flags, and one by one we get shot and… Read more “A Review of How To Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball”
Every Book I Read in 2016
Below is every single book and zine I read in 2016. An * denotes a book read during a previous year and reread in 2016. Nonfiction Bookmobiles… Read more “Every Book I Read in 2016”
A Review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “When she wanted to forget the Castle, she thought of these things, but she did not expect joy. Hell… Read more “A Review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi”
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