CCLaP Fridays: How to Speak Midwestern, by Edward McClelland
The Midwest has many accents, each beautiful in its own way. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: How to Speak Midwestern, by Edward McClelland
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Scrapper, by Matt Bell @ NYJB
“Scrapper” is “a fictional glimpse 20 minutes into the future, staring into an economic abyss with a city abandoned by its leaders.” Continue reading Scrapper, by Matt Bell @ NYJB
Drive Me Out of My Mind, by Chad Faries
These days memoirs are a dime a dozen, glutting the market with tales of the self-absorbed. Fortunately, Chad Faries stands out in this crowded field with his unique tale of childhood in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Drive Me Out of My Mind: 24 Houses in 10 Years, a Memoir, follows Chad’s childhood from roughly 1971 to 1980. Chad’s singularly strange upbringing and poetic sensibility create a memoir unlike any other. Most memoirs focus on bourgeois nuclear families and the travails of growing up middle-class in the suburbs. In childhood, Chad discerned the differences of his family and “families on TV.” Chad’s … Continue reading Drive Me Out of My Mind, by Chad Faries
Interview with author Chad Faries
Chad Faries is the author of The Book of Knowledge and his forthcoming memoir Drive Me Out of My Mind. Chad’s Midwestern upbringing and international experiences give his poetry a unique perspective. His brand of poetry possesses a singular combination of the humbly playful and historically engaged. In the words of publisher Lisa Flowers, founder of Vulgar Marsala Press, “his work [is like ] a trip through Disney through the eyes of Woody Guthrie through the eyes of Ezra Pound, like an ever-overlapping pair of bifocals.” Chad answered my questions I emailed to him. What are some of your current projects? … Continue reading Interview with author Chad Faries
Dead Center by Joanna Higgins
Joanna Higgins crafts a novel that extends beyond the normal genre boundaries of the murder mystery and courtroom drama. Dead Center revolves around the Weber family. Dr. Benjamin Weber is a beloved pediatrician with a practice in Hawaii. He lives with his wife Karen. Prior to marrying Ben, Karen had two daughters, Laura and Lin, from a previous marriage. Ben and Karen also have a daughter of their own, Katherine. Ben Weber married Karen following the death of her husband, Peter Hyland. Ben was present when Peter died in Tunley, Michigan. Was it an accident? Was it murder? Now, twenty … Continue reading Dead Center by Joanna Higgins
To Account for Murder by William C. Whitbeck
If Permanent Press had a prestige novel, To Account for Murder by William C. Whitbeck would it. The novel presents a fictionalized version of real life events that happened in Michigan. In 1945, Senator Warren G. Hooper was murdered in a gangland-style slaying. To this day, the murder case has never been solved. William C. Whitbeck, the author of the novel, also works as Chief Judge of the Michigan Court. He presents us with the tale of one Charlie Cahill, a disabled vet, prosecutor, and son of an Irish bootlegger. Set in Lansing during 1945 and into 1946, Whitbeck paints … Continue reading To Account for Murder by William C. Whitbeck
The Driftless Area Review 