To say Chris Matheson’s The Story of God is irreverent would be misleading: irreverent does not begin to cover it. Matheson sets out to be just about as offensive… Read more “A Review of The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy About Love (and Hate) by Chris Matheson”
Category: Books
A Review of Jennifer Grotz’s Window Left Open
oh Lord I’ll make a broken music or I’ll die… – from “The Snow Apples” In her new collection Window Left Open Jennifer Grotz explores the relationship between… Read more “A Review of Jennifer Grotz’s Window Left Open”
A Review of Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser
Travis Mulhauser takes the style of southern rural noir and brings it to the snowy forests of northern Michigan in his debut novel Sweetgirl. The novel is set in fictional… Read more “A Review of Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser”
A Review of Abandoned Homeland by Jeff Gundy
Ohio poet Jeff Gundy’s Abandoned Homeland is a collection of simple poems that feel rooted in their midwestern state of origin. These poems are of this place, a state… Read more “A Review of Abandoned Homeland by Jeff Gundy”
An Evening with Poet Amber Tamblyn
My wife and I recently traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a weekend of buying books, drinking good beer, and freezing our asses off. We succeeded on… Read more “An Evening with Poet Amber Tamblyn”
A Review of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting
An earthy elementalism provides the texture and grit of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting (Tía Chucha Press, 2012). I recently reviewed Lo Kwa Mei-en’s debut collection Yearling… Read more “A Review of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting”
A Review of Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris
Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris is a frozen fever dream swirling together snow, memory, and identity. The novel tells the story of four family members–Tonio Addison,… Read more “A Review of Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris”
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”
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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