In Understanding Jorie Graham, (South Carolina Press, 2025), N. S. Boone presented an in-depth view of Jorie Graham’s background and a detailed view of her poetry. Extremely well-researched, this author also utilized personal phone interviews with Graham and quoted what others have said or written about her poetry. With Graham’s books for reference, N. S. […]
“Bullets in the Water” by Conor McAnally
July 15, 2026 by Leave a Comment
It is not often, in these days of perpetual motion and constant demands for our time and attention, that a book comes along and simply demands to be devoured in a single sitting. Conor McAnally’s debut novel, Bullets in the Water, is one such book. Mystery, murder, mysticism, political intrigue, redemption, and loss – this […]
“Yellow” by Amy Pence
July 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Yellow (Red Hen Press 2026) is a multi-threaded transformation of the novel into an innovative form. Twelve-year-old Z learns about the world through the televised events of 1973 while the nation is taken by the Watergate hearings and Skylab’s launch into space. That summer she discovers an unclassified slime mold in her backyard which she […]
“Summer State of Mind” by Kristy Woodson Harvey
July 1, 2026 by 2 Comments
In her newest novel, Summer State of Mind, Kristy Woodson Harvey does it yet again—she brings us into a story that we don’t want to leave. But before I go any further, I want to know something. Could this possibly be the beginning, or continuation, of a series? Please, say yes! I am so not […]
Read of the Month: “Massawa” by Pam Webber
July 1, 2026 by Leave a Comment
In a gripping World War II thriller based on true events, Massawa: A Tale of Espionage, Love and Illusion (She Writes Press 2026) by Pam Webber will keep readers turning pages to discover what happens next to a young American spy. Fans of The Alice Network, The Rose Code, A Woman of No Importance, The […]
“In Another Country” by Andrea Jurjevic
June 30, 2026 by Leave a Comment
It’s easy to forget the opening line of “Nastic Movements,” the first poem of In Another Country by Andrea Jurjevic, is “Sweetness, back home.” The sweet in this case is more the elusive, fatal beauty of the familiar than any saccharine indulgence. In “Nastic Movements,” fatal threats are always near “like a snake around a […]