REVIEWS
Review Editor: Cynthia Newberry Martin

Winter 2011 

NON-FICTION

Mourning Diary
by Roland Barthes
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

Tramp
by Tomas Espedal
Reviewed by David M. Smith

FICTION

Old Border Road
by Susan Froderberg
Reviewed by
Cynthia Newberry Martin

Horse, Flower, Bird
by Kate Bernheimer
Reviewed by Shevi Berlinger

The British Short Story
Ed. by Liggins, Maunder, Robbins
Reviewed by Pauline Masurel

POETRY    

Voices at the World’s Edge
Edited by Paddy Bushe
Reviewed by Grace Wells

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Autumn 2010 

NON-FICTION

On Whitman
by C.K. Williams
Reviewed by David M. Smith

Green Fields
by Bob Cowser, Jr.
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

 POETRY    

Taste of Cherry
by Kara Candito
Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

Rootling, New & Selected Poems
by Katie Donovan
Reviewed by Grace Wells

FICTION

The Wilding
by Benjamin Percy
Reviewed by Frances Badgett

Stiltsville
by Susanna Daniel
Reviewed by Cynthia Newberry Martin

Travelling Light
by Tove Jansson
Reviewed by Pauline Masurel

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Summer 2010 

FICTION

The Good Man Jesus
 and the Scoundrel Christ
by Philip Pullman
Reviewed by Laura M. Browning

NON-FICTION

Why Translation Matters
by Edith Grossman
Reviewed by David M. Smith

For All the Tea in China
by Sarah Rose
Reviewed by Harriett Green

Adventures of Cancer Bitch
by S.L. Wisenberg
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

 POETRY    

Departing by a Broken Gate
by David Axelrod
Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

Identity Parade
Edited by Roddy Lumsden
Reviewed by Grace Wells

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Spring 2010 

FICTION

Point Omega
by Don DeLillo
Reviewed by Frances Badgett

Love in Mid Air
by Kim Wright
Reviewed by
Cynthia Newberry Martin

NON-FICTION

The Adderall Diaries
by Steven Elliott
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

Changing My Mind
by Zadie Smith
Reviewed by Harriett Green

 POETRY    

Petit Mal
by John W. Sexton
Reviewed by Grace Wells

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WINTER 2010

FICTION

Pornographia
by Witold Gombrowicz
Reviewed by Frances Badgett

An Equal Stillness
by Francesca Kay
Review by Cynthia Newberry Martin

 POETRY    

Petals of Zero Petals of One
by Andrew Zawacki
Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

Winter Tenor
by Kevin Goodan
Reviewed by Gregory Lawless

Poetry
Edited by Jessie Lendennie
Reviewed by Grace Wells

NON-FICTION

The Last Word
by J. D. Abel
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

Memoir: A History
by Ben Yagoda 
Reviewed by David M. Smith

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