CCLaP Fridays: Vixens, Vamps & Vipers, by Mike Madrid
This week I review Vixens, Vamps & Vipers, by Mike Madrid, about the lost villainesses of Golden Age comics. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Vixens, Vamps & Vipers, by Mike Madrid
Tag: culture
On Being Human Redux: Breakaway (Cassandra Kresnov, Book Two), by Joel Shepherd
Continuing with this week’s theme, I’ll be looking at Breakaway (Cassandra Kresnov, Book Two). The book follows fast on the heels of Crossover, where we are introduced Cassandra Kresnov, an artificial human and former super-soldier of The League. Continue reading On Being Human Redux: Breakaway (Cassandra Kresnov, Book Two), by Joel Shepherd
Commonplace Book: Thoreau goes plectrum electrum
H.D. Thoreau on the qualities of a good book. Continue reading Commonplace Book: Thoreau goes plectrum electrum
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
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
Commonplace Book: “Death, be not proud …” by John Donne
A well known sonnet from John Donne. Continue reading Commonplace Book: “Death, be not proud …” by John Donne
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
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
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
