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Bookshots: 'Whipping Boy' By Allen Kurzweil
January 20th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Whipping Boy Who Wrote It? 'Whipping Boy'...is far from a "woe is me while wiping away the tears with hundred dollar bills" kind of story. It is, instead, a vastly entertaining book of one man’s obsession and how childhood cruelty can both scar and drive us. Novelist, educator, journalist, and inventor, Allen Kurzweil.
Read Review →Bookshots: "Mort(e)" by Robert Repino
January 19th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Mort(e) Who Wrote It? A wild, imaginative and wholly original tale without any trace of sugar-coating. [Repino] takes our current war-addled, religion-dominated, decidedly divided society to task... Robert Repino, a previous Pushcart Prize nominee for his short fiction. Mort(e) is his debut novel. More info here.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Fearworms: Selected Poems' by Robert Payne Cabeen
January 13th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Fearworms: Selected Poems Who wrote it? Robert Payne Cabeen, a "screenwriter, artist and purveyor of narrative horror poetry."
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The First Bad Man' by Miranda July
January 13th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The First Bad Man Who wrote it? Miranda July, scarily accomplished artist, movie maker and now novelist. In twenty years time she’ll probably be running for President or brokering world peace or something. More info at her website.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Formerly Fingerman' by Joe Nelms
January 12th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Formerly Fingerman Who wrote it: A fun, quirky romp through the world of advertising, the mafia, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Joe Nelms, former ad-man and author of The Last Time I Died.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Uncle Janice' by Matt Burgess
January 6th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Uncle Janice Who wrote it? Matt Burgess, author of Dog Fight: A Love Story.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Guard' by Peter Terrin
January 5th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Guard
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Starve The Vulture' By Jason Carney
January 5th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Starve The Vulture Who wrote it: Thanks to Carney’s long career as a poet, there are some truly beautiful, enthralling passages that make the book a real page turner. Four-time National Poetry Slam finalist, Jason Carney.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge' by Michael Punke
January 2nd, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge Who wrote it: Michael Punke, who also authored Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917.
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