INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

Oh, Yes it Will

Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America brings us to now, the intersectionality of the historical and present.

Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks

A Guide and an Almanac

by John Liddy Kieran Beville opens his book with the appropriate chapter heading, “Making a Start,” and some advice from Stephen King:...

SO WILL THE SCRIBES

by Nicolas D. Sampson Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann, translated by David Luke (Bantam Classics, 1988) ‘But I counsel...

EZRA POUND AND DESMOND O’ GRADY

by John Liddy Much has been written by eminent critics on Ezra Pound’s relationship with William Butler Yeats, James Joyce and Samuel...

A Candle for Her Lake-staring Mother

by John Liddy Zephyr by Mary Mullen (Salmon Poetry, 2010) On first browsing through these poems with my customary “getting to know you”...

Instead of a Review a Tribute to Mark Whelan

by John Liddy The Sear of Wounds by Mark Whelan (Doghouse, 2012) In my copy of Mark’s last published book, The Sear of Wounds, he wrote a...

Ugly Beautiful Books

by Anjanette Delgado What is it about the ugly, the scatological, that has such power to break us open? To clear our defenses and...

Interview with Christine Sneed

In this interview Christine Sneed and Tony Huang talk about Sneed's flash piece "First Date" and much more.

Call for Book Reviews

We are looking for thoughtful, engaging, and beautifully written book reviews of around 2000 words. Please submit your review of works of...