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March 9th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Fire Sermon Who wrote it? Francesca Haig, a first-time novelist and seasoned poet. She works as an English professor at the University of Chester, currently serving as their Visiting Writing Fellow.
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Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Aquarium Who wrote it? David Vann: prize-winning author whose backlist I am currently purchasing.
Read Review →March 4th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Age of Earthquakes Who Wrote It? An artist you might be familiar with and two you might not: Shumon Basar — author of Do You Often Confuse Love with Success and with Fame? Douglas Coupland — author of Generation X (and A), near-futurist, Canadian.
Read Review →March 3rd, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Where All Light Tends to Go Who wrote it? David Joy, resident of North Carolina and keen fly fisherman. Where All Light Tends to Go is his first novel. His second — Waiting on the End of the World — comes out in 2016. More info at his author site.
Read Review →March 3rd, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dark Screams, Volume Two Who Wrote It? Robert R. McCammon, Norman Prentiss, Shawntelle Madison, Graham Masterton and Richard Christian Matheson. This is the second in a new anthology series edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance and published by Hydra.
Read Review →March 2nd, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Why I Don't Write Children's Literature Who wrote it: Gary Soto, a Mexican-American poet and author known for his stirring portrayals of themes universal to mankind from the viewpoint of marginalized groups.
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Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dark Rooms Who wrote it: Lili Anolik, contributing editor at Vanity Fair.
Read Review →February 24th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Canary Who wrote it? Philadelphia born-and-bred pulp writer, Duane Swierczynski.
Read Review →February 23rd, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Girl in a Band Who Wrote It? Kim Gordon, visual artist and founding member of Sonic Youth. Follow her on Twitter: @KimletGordon
Read Review →February 18th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Welcome to Braggsville Who wrote it? Another graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, T. Geronimo Johnson was also formerly a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and now teaches writing at the University of California - Berkley. His first novel, Hold It 'Til It Hurts, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
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