Single Stroke Seven by Lavinia Ludlow Casperian Books, 2016 188 pages – Casperian / Amazon Lavinia Ludlow’s second novel, Single Stroke Seven, is a tale of misfits and music in…
City of Rose by Rob Hart Polis Books, 2016 304 pages – Polis / Amazon This book is a noir cupcake—tasty comfort food sprinkled with bits of wisdom, such as…
It begins with a fashion mishap—with “a soprano in the wrong dress.” And the dress, well, it’s quite a dress, “a Worth creation of pink taffeta and gold silk,” with…
“I am glad I bought my bonnet, if it is only for the fun of having another bandbox!” –Pride and Prejudice Those were the days, back in the 19th century—before…
With Fashion Week currently gallivanting about New York, I figured it’d be a good time to check-out the latest and greatest in lit scene fashion. So grab your pince-nez and let’s…
The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong: Table Tennis as a Journey of Self-Discovery by Guido Mina di Sospiro Quest Books, 2015 240 pages – Quest Books / Amazon On the back cover of…
Utopia Parkway: The Life and Times of Joseph Cornell Other Press, 2015 – reprint (originally published in 1997) 592 pages – Other Press / Amazon What do we make…
Now and At the Hour of our Death by Susan Moreira Marques Translated by Julia Sanches And Other Stories, 2015 128 pages – And Other Stories / Amazon Portuguese journalist Susana…
The Blue Girl by Laurie Foos 2015, Coffee House Press 220 pages – Coffee House / Amazon The mothers bake their secrets into the moon pies and feed the moon pies…
Fat Man and Little Boy by Mike Meginnis October 2014, Black Balloon Publishing 416 pages – Black Balloon / Amazon Truman said he “never lost any sleep” over Hiroshima and…
Hollywood Notebook by Wendy Ortiz Writ Large Press, 2015 190 pages – Writ Large / Amazon The day as a constellation of quiet moments: snippets and skraggles of thought that suffuse…
Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors Amazon Publishing, 2015 270 pages – Amazon Process—as in “Could you tell us a bit about your writing process, please?”—is one of…
The Correspondence Artist by Barbara Browning Two Dollar Radio, 2011 192 pages – TDR / Amazon I’m Trying to Reach You by Barbara Browning Two Dollar Radio, 2012 224 pages – TDR…
Jigsaw Youth by Tiffany Scandal Ladybox Books, 2015 166 pages – Ladybox Books (Broken River) / Amazon On the one hand, love is a dastardly invention. It will drive you to…