The Greatest Comeback, by Patrick J. Buchanan
Pat Buchanan wrote a new book. It’s about Nixon’s 1968 campaign for the presidency. Continue reading The Greatest Comeback, by Patrick J. Buchanan
Category: book reviews
The Red List, by Stephen Cushman
“The Red List” by Stephen Cushman, like an Internet web search, is a free associative romp. Continue reading The Red List, by Stephen Cushman
CCLaP Fridays: Muscle Cars, by Stephen G. Eoannou
This week I review “Muscle Cars,” by Stephen G. Eoannou, a short story collection that follows the lives of inarticulate misfits in the Buffalo, NY area. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Muscle Cars, by Stephen G. Eoannou
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
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
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
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
The Driftless Area Review 