Reviewed by Sam Slaughter There is no need to fear the reaper here. In Mark Powell’s fourth novel, the author who has been called one of the best Appalachian writers of his generation proves that his home turf is not the only place he can write about. The Sheltering is a story of a drone […]
“Many Rivers to Cross,” by Thomas Zigal
August 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Sam Slaughter Is it too late for this? That was the first question that came to mind upon opening Thomas Zigal’s fifth novel Many Rivers to Cross. Is a novel set among the wreckage of post-Katrina New Orleans published in 2013 still relevant almost decade after the tragedy? MRTC follows various members of […]
“A Shelter of Others,” by Charles Dodd White
June 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Sam Slaughter In his second novel, Charles Dodd White once again drives deep down the roads of his fictional Sanction County, an area in the Appalachian Mountains where, it seems, the ties that bind do so until circulation of the right and the real cuts off and the ghosts of the past walk […]
Sam Slaughter
June 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sam Slaughter received his B.A. from Elon University and his M.A. from Stetson University. He has had fiction and nonfiction published in Four Chambers, Touchstone, Drafthorse, and The Review Review, among others. He was a member of the 2014 Key West Literary Seminar Writers Workshop and was awarded the 2010 New Jersey Press Award for […]