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”
Category: Books
A Review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
When she wanted to forget the Castle, she thought of these things, but she did not expect joy. Hell was a place of remembering, each beautiful moment… Read more “A Review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi”
A Review of Fuchsia by Mahtem Shiferraw
Ethiopian American poet Mahtem Shiferraw won the 2015 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her collection Fuchsia, and the book has been published from University of… Read more “A Review of Fuchsia by Mahtem Shiferraw”
A Review of Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones’s Mongrels is about werewolves. Except it isn’t. Not really. It’s about being poor, being outcast, being hungry, being scared, being desperate for identity, being broken, being… Read more “A Review of Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones”
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 Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose
In the opening poem of Michelle Y. Burke’s poetry collection Animal Purpose (Ohio University Press) she tells of a horse that breaks away from her grip as she leads… Read more “A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose”
A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond
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”
A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth
Though CDs were the primary media in music sales by the time I was a teenager, I am old enough to have enjoyed the tail end of… Read more “A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth”
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 Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria
In “Flame War,” the poem that gives her debut poetry collection Witch Hunt its title, Juliet Escoria offers something of a statement of purpose for the book, or… Read more “A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria”
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