Pop culture, politics, science fiction, and everyday surrealism combine into tiny literary confections. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Roses are Red, Violets are stealing loose change from my pockets while I sleep, by David S. Atkinson
This week we explore the underbelly of Hong Kong with two books, Hong Kong Noir and Inhospitable. Continue reading Hong Kong Week
God, the cause of and solution to, all our problems. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Our Great Big American God, by Matthew Paul Turner
“Household Workers Unite,” by Premilla Nadasen is an important work of revisionist labor history. It focuses on the African American women who had been invisible to both American labor history and the American labor movement in general. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement, by Premilla Nadasen
“Beauty Mark” chronicles Marilyn Monroe’s life with a reassuring simplicity and accessibility. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe, by Carole Boston Weatherford
“And Then I Danced” by Mark Segal is a memoir about LGBT activism. Continue reading Espresso Shots: And Then I Danced, by Mark Segal
A “lost review” I originally wrote in 2010 about a queer SF anthology. Continue reading Espress Shots: Things We Are Not: M-Brane SF Presents New Tales of the Queer, by Christopher Fletcher
Will the Doctor save the universe? Continue reading Espresso Shots: Big Bang Generation, by Gary Russell (Doctor Who: The Glamour Chronicles)
If you are looking for a short novel to scratch that Mad Men itch, The Partners is the novel for you. Continue reading Espresso Shots: The Partners by Louis Auchincloss
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