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Book Reviews
This is How You Lose the Time War Wins Hearts of Readers
The art of the epistle has been lost on this generation. Stolen by tweets and status updates and selfies, it’s as though no one knows how to write a long letter when a short phone call is always better and… Read More ›
John H. Stevens: Review of Marlon James’ BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF
Language and plot in Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf are locked in a mighty struggle of structure and meaning versus intensity and immediacy. From the beginning this struggle manifests in the stories Tracker, the main character, relates to his apparent captor… Read More ›
Books for People Who Hate Reading #2
As a high school teacher, I have complete control over my small classroom library. Among the hand-me-downs, library leftovers and nobody-teaches-me-anymore books are carefully placed titles for reluctant readers. These are the books students who never read come back to… Read More ›
Wheels Within Wheels: Nine Last Days on Planet Earth by Daryl Gregory
At the end of Gregory’s novella, you feel as though the story itself is a gift. Something from someone who wants to show you the best of what you, or maybe all of us, could become.
Books for People who Hate Reading #1
As a high school teacher, I have complete control over my small classroom library. Among the hand-me-downs, library leftovers and nobody-teaches-me-anymore books are carefully placed titles for reluctant readers. These are the books students who never read come back to… Read More ›
The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly
It’s been said that the sense of smell has the ability to bring back memories more than any other. But what about taste?
Review of The Last Interview and Other Conversations and The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin
By John H. Stevens Ursula K. Le Guin was a prolific writer, penning dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories. She also wrote frequently about the creative process and the socio-political forces that influenced it. This topic came up… Read More ›
