Reviews

Bookshots: "Lincoln In The Bardo" By George Saunders

February 16th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Lincoln in the Bardo Who wrote it? Bestselling author of Tenth Of December and preeminent short story writer of the last twenty years, George Saunders.

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Bookshots: "All Back Full" by Robert Lopez

February 15th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: All Back Full Who wrote it? Robert Lopez is the author of two previous novels, Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River, and two story collections, Asunder and Good People. He teaches at The New School, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, and the Solstice MFA Program of Pine Manor College.

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Bookshots: 'Shadowbahn' by Steve Erickson

February 15th, 2017

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

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Bookshots: "The Dark and Other Love Stories" by Deborah Willis

February 14th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Dark and Other Love Stories Who wrote it? [Willis's writing] is doubly impressive because she’s working within the confines of the short story medium, and can break a reader’s heart within minutes compared to a novel’s hours. Deborah Willis

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Bookshots: "The Dime" by Kathleen Kent

February 13th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Dime Who wrote it? Kathleen Kent, award-winning author of historical fiction novels, The Outcasts and The Heretic’s Daughter.

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Bookshots: 'Powers of Darkness: The lost Version of Dracula' by Bram Stoker and Valdimar Asmundsson

February 8th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula Who wrote it? Powers of darkness are here figured as the very ordinary powers of money and sex, whereas in Dracula, power is figured as complex, contestable, contaminating... and much more frightening. Bram Stoker and Valdimar Asmundsson (translated from the Icelandic Makt Mykranna by Hans Corneel de Roos)

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Bookshots: "The Evening Road" by Laird Hunt

February 7th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Evening Road Who wrote it? Writer and translator, Laird Hunt, author of several novels including the award-winning Kind One and Never Home.

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Bookshots: 'The Twenty Days of Turin' by Giorgio De Maria

February 7th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Twenty Days of Turin Who wrote it? For anyone with a computer living in the 21st Century, [Turin] is rife with eerily accurate commentary on our current situation. Giorgio De Maria (1924-2009), an Italian musician, critic, and writer who is experiencing a well-deserved rediscovery. The English translation is by Ramon Glazov.

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Bookshots: "Desperation Road" by Michael Farris Smith

February 6th, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Desperation Road Who wrote it? Michael Farris Smith, author of The Hands of Strangers.

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Bookshots: 'The Speckled God' by Marc Joan

February 2nd, 2017

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Speckled God Who wrote it? 'The Speckled God' will leave you thinking and then reaching for the next title in Marc Joan's catalog. Marc Joan, a cosmopolitan writer who grew up in India and now lives in the UK. He specializes in short stories.

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