Reviews

This page contains reviews from 2011 to Spring 2012. More recent reviews can be found here. Older reviews here.

Other Heartbreaks Patricia Henley Engine Books 2011   The stories in Other Heartbreaks by Patricia Henley will change you. Now the thin girl who passes you coming out of a gas station restroom—you’ll notice the gray smudges under her eyes. Your own secrets—the ones folded twice or three times inside you that crop up when [...]

Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters Edited by Paul Maher, Jr. Chicago Review Press 2011

Greasewood Creek by Pamela Steele Counterpoint 2011 In her debut novel, Greasewood Creek, Pamela Steele draws heavily from the elements of poetry even as she weaves an emotionally complex story. The short chapters feel like stanzas. The phrases and descriptions linger with the reader, and invite repeated readings. The structure is spare and delicate: time [...]

Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown by David Yaffe Yale University Press 2011

The Call by Yannick Murphy Harper Perennial 2011

Invisible Mink by Jessie Janeshek Iris Press 2010

Volt by Alan Heathcock Graywolf Press 2011

Underdog by Katrina Roberts University of Washington Press 2011