Reviews

Bookshots: 'Black Moon' by Kenneth Calhoun

March 3rd, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title:  Black Moon

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Bookshots: 'Bark': Stories by Lorrie Moore

February 26th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Bark: Stories Who wrote it? Taken as a whole...'Bark' seems to lack the chutzpah and hope-in-the-face-of-hopelessness that characterizes so much of Moore’s earlier stuff. Lorrie Moore, bestselling and widely anthologized author, has returned with her first collection of short stories in 15 years.

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Bookshots: 'States Of Grace' by Stephen Graham Jones

February 26th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title:  States of Grace Who wrote it?  'States of Grace' is a lightning-fast read, and yet each piece feels as fleshed-out and dense as a novel. Stephen Graham Jones, a much published and anthologized author, and a good friend to LitReactor. Much more info on SGJ at his website.

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Bookshots: 'The Troop' By Nick Cutter

February 25th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Troop Who Wrote It? Nick Cutter aka Patrick Lestewka, author of The Preserve and The Coliseum, aka Craig Davidson, author of Cataract City, Sarah Court, The Fighter, and Rust and Bone.

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Bookshots: 'Kinder than Solitude' by Yiyun Li

February 25th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Kinder than Solitude Who wrote it? The wordcraft is breathtaking; it's...gorgeous... But what does it actually mean? And is it true? Yiyun Li, MacArthur Fellow and PEN/Hemingway Award-winner Plot in a Box: Alternating between past and present, China and America, an omniscient narrator traces the lives of three childhood friends.

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Bookshots: 'The Roving Party' by Rohan Wilson

February 24th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Roving Party Who Wrote It? All the elements of a top-notch historical Australian western are there, but they’re buried beneath so much faux literary bluster. First time Australian novelist Rohan Wilson, winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 2011.

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Bookshots: 'What's Important Is Feeling' by Adam Wilson

February 24th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: What's Important Is Feeling Who wrote it: Adam Wilson can write...and he does so with a certain authenticity and humor that I rarely see...If you enjoy the cohesive element in collections, then I can't recommend this book enough. Adam Wilson, author of Flatscreen and 2012 winner of the Terry Southern Prize.

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Bookshots: 'Coincidence' by J.W. Ironmonger

February 18th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Coincidence: A Novel Who wrote it: From page one, I was interested, but by the end of the second chapter, I was absorbed. J.W. Ironmonger, a British software consultant and possibly one of the only Europeans to see a wild Javan rhino.

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Bookshots: 'Demon Camp' by Jennifer Percy

February 17th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Demon Camp Who wrote it? There's a realization that, call it Demons or call it PTSD, this thing has been haunting us and will continue to haunt us as a nation, immune to its exorcism as long as we practice faith in war. Jennifer Percy is a Pushcart Prize and NEA Grant winner whose work has appeared in Harper’s and The New Republic.

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Bookshots: 'Prayers for the Stolen' by Jennifer Clement

February 12th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Prayers for the Stolen Who wrote it? With this as the base material, it would be very easy to write a book full of anger and outrage. What Clement creates instead is generous and compassionate and funny. Jennifer Clement, novelist and poet. She lives in Mexico City. Prayers for the Stolen is the first of her works to be published in the US.

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