Book Review of “Hastings-Sunrise” by Bren Simmers
Bren Simmers, Hastings-Sunrise Friday night at Hastings Park. Our beer in plastic cups. Pre-race, the announcer tells us to look for a big ass, a line of muscle along the…
Book Review of Rita Wong’s “Undercurrent”
rob mclennan a review of: Undercurrent By Rita Wong Nightwood Editions ISBN 978-0-88971-308-6 both the ferned & the furry, the herbaceous & the human, can call the ocean our ancestor.…
“a trip into the abyss” by Jordan Simpson: a Design Review of “House of Leaves” by Mark Z Danielewski
Jordan Simpson a review of: House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski Pantheon Books ISBN: 0-375-70376-4 Reading Mark Z. Danielewski’s “novel” House of Leaves (Feb 29, 2000) is a lot like…
Book Review of Blue Sonoma by Jane Munro
Micheline Maylor A Review of Blue Sonoma By Jane Munro Brick Books $20.00 ISBN: 978-1-926829-88-3 Blue Sonoma is a collection that begins with a mantra and becomes a study of…
J.D Mersault’s Book Review of “7 Ways to Sunday” by Lee Kvern
J.D Mersault A review of: 7 Ways to Sunday …
gillian harding-russell’s Book Review of “A Private Mythology” by Stephen Morrissey
gillian harding-russell A review of: A Private Mythology By Stephen Morrissey Ekstasis Editions ISBN 978-1-877171-055-8 In A Private Mythology, Stephen Morrissey writes poems that are obliquely confessional while delightfully clothed…
Book Review of John Vigna’s “Bull Head”
Micheline Maylor A review of Bull Head by John Vigna Arsenal Pulp Press (2012) ISBN: 978-1-55152-490-0 $15.95 The epigraph to John Vigna’s debut short story collection begins with Flannery O’Connor’s…
Book Review of Julie Paul’s “The Pull of the Moon” by Julienne Isaacs
Julienne Isaacs A review of The Pull of the Moon by Julie Paul Brindle & Glass Publishing (2014) ISBN: 978-1-926531-51-9 $19.95 Julie Paul’s world is small-scale, human-sized, peopled by x-ray technicians and waitresses, all…
Book Review of “Shy: An Anthology” Edited by Naomi K. Lewis and Rona Altrows
Robin van Eck A review of Shy: An Anthology Edited by Naomi K. Lewis and Rona Altrows University of Alberta Press 2013 “If you don’t know what you’re talking about,…
Book Review of “The Hungry Ghost” by Shyam Selvadurai
Crystal Mackenzie A review of The Hungry Ghosts By Shyam Selvadurai Doubleday Canada (2013) ISBN: 978-0-385-67066-1 $29.95 Shyam Selvadurai’s The Hungry Ghosts tells the tale of a young Sri Lankan…