Reviews

Bookshots: 'The Vorrh' by Brian Catling

May 5th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Vorrh Who wrote it: Brian Catling is an English visual artist and performer who tours his work internationally. 

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Bookshots: 'The Wonder Garden' by Lauren Acampora

May 4th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Wonder Garden Who Wrote It? Lauren Acampora, whose work has appeared in the The Paris Review, Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner and numerous other magazines. This is her debut collection of short fiction. More info at her website. 

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Bookshots: 'Thieves Fall Out' by Gore Vidal (writing as Cameron Kay)

May 4th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Thieves Fall Out Who wrote it? This is genuine pulp fiction, not a clever parody. It’s got a great, delightfully lurid story: Gore Vidal, under the pseudonym Cameron Kay. Plot in a Box: In the 1950s, a hot drifter gets involved in a jewel heist in Egypt and falls in love with a Nazi’s daughter.

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Bookshots: ‘Confessions of a Carnivore’ by Diane Lefer

April 27th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Confessions of a Carnivore Who wrote it? Diane Lefer, a playwright, activist and author of ‘Nobody Wakes Up Pretty’ and ‘California Transit’ (awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize, Sarabande Books, 2007).

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Bookshots: 'The Blondes' by Emily Schultz

April 22nd, 2015

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

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Bookshots: 'Unflattening' by Nick Sousanis

April 21st, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Unflattening Who wrote it? A stunning work of graphic literature that exists simultaneously as signpost and road, instruction manual and finished product. Nick Sousanis, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comics Studies at the University of Calgary Plot in a box: Sometimes words just aren't enough, and images are needed to expand our modes of thinking and creativity.

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Bookshots: 'Fifteen Dogs' by Andre Alexis

April 14th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Fifteen Dogs Who wrote it? Alexis’ technical skills are extraordinary. His characters are diverse and expertly differentiated, and his sentence crafting is brilliant. André Alexis

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Bookshots: 'Viper Wine' by Hermione Eyre

April 13th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Viper Wine Who Wrote It? Eyre projects today's beauty standards/obsessions on the already-intriguing British royal society of the 1600s. British celebrity journalist turned novelist, Hermione Eyre. She may just have the best female writer name ever.

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Bookshots: 'When We Were Animals' by Joshua Gaylord

April 13th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: When We Were Animals Who Wrote It? Joshua Gaylord, author of four novels, two of which he published under the pen name Alden Bell. He's also a professor at NYU. More info at his website. 

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Bookshots: 'The Children's Crusade' by Ann Packer

April 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Children’s Crusade Who wrote it? 'The Children’s Crusade' illustrates how having a terrible mother might be the best thing that could ever happen to us. Ann Packer, multi-prizewinning author of The Dive from Clausen’s Pier as well as acclaimed short fiction. More info at her website.

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