CCLaP Fridays: Taxidermy Art, by Robert Marbury
This week I review “Taxidermy Art” by Robert Marbury, an exploration of the pop surrealist world of rogue taxidermy. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Taxidermy Art, by Robert Marbury
Author: driftlessareareview
Besides writing book reviews for his own blog, Karl writes reviews and essays for several other venues. He lives in the Midwest and has a full-time job. Posts might be irregular, but a commitment to quality is the first priority. The blog has a variety of subject matter, ranging from guilty pleasures to out-of-print hidden gems.
An Epistemology of Flesh, by Daniel Klawitter
“An Epistemology of the Flesh,” by Daniel Klawitter, is a wonderful collection of poems simple and profound. Continue reading An Epistemology of Flesh, by Daniel Klawitter
CCLaP Fridays: By Way of Water, by Charlotte Gullick
This week I review “By Way of Water,” by Charlotte Gullick, about a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses living in timber country in the Seventies. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: By Way of Water, by Charlotte Gullick
Driftless Area Review Metapost
Guest blogging opportunities, my new book, and the Ada Roundtable cancellation. Continue reading Driftless Area Review Metapost
CCLaP Fridays: Predator: the Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution, by Richard Whittle
This week I review Predator, by Richard Whittle, about the development and deployment of the Predator drone. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Predator: the Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution, by Richard Whittle
HOW TO ADD POETRY’S POP TO YOUR WRITING by Mary Kennedy Eastham, Guest Blogger
Writing advice and poetry prompts from author Mary Kennedy Eastham, Guest Blogger. Continue reading HOW TO ADD POETRY’S POP TO YOUR WRITING by Mary Kennedy Eastham, Guest Blogger
Apocryphal by Lisa Marie Basile @ thethepoetryblog
Lisa Marie Basile’s “Apocryphal” exists in that Nabokovian twilight between childhood and adulthood. Between these realms one confronts monsters and the monolithic oppression of tradition. This is “Alice in Wonderland” re-imagined as a harrowing nightmare journey, a poodle-skirted damsel thrown into the jaws of a slavering beast, who may be the speaker’s father. What remains are fragments, memories, and fantasies strewn about or reconfigured. Continue reading Apocryphal by Lisa Marie Basile @ thethepoetryblog
CCLaP Fridays: Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, edited by Kij Johnson
My review of this year’s winners and runners-up for the 2014 Nebula Awards, in an anthology edited by Kij Johnson. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, edited by Kij Johnson
Harold and Jack: The Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy, by Christopher Sandford @ NYJB
In Harold and Jack: the Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister MacMillan and President Kennedy, “Mr. Sandford expertly uses historical and archival material to make Kennedy’s and Macmillan’s Special Relationship come to life.” Continue reading Harold and Jack: The Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy, by Christopher Sandford @ NYJB
CCLaP Fridays: Zine, by Pagan Kennedy
This week Karl Wolff reviews ‘Zine, by Pagan Kennedy, a reissue of an influential autobiographical ‘zine. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Zine, by Pagan Kennedy
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