City on the Second Floor
“Many compare him to Amiri Baraka, Jose Montoya, and so many other fiery or political poets. To me, his work is a cross between Allen Ginsberg and Wanda Coleman.” Continue reading City on the Second Floor
Category: Book Reviews
And So The Wind Was Born by Gina Duran (Flowersong Press)
“Duran comes to terms with dealing with generational trauma, a culture that has ill-defined her identity, and a desire to understand who she is after she has lost a daughter.” Continue reading And So The Wind Was Born by Gina Duran (Flowersong Press)
A Review Of Percical Everett’s The Trees
“No category adequately describes The Trees. Percival Everett seems to have purposefully written it that way.” Continue reading A Review Of Percical Everett’s The Trees
A review of Shaky Town by Lou Mathews
“Shaky Town by Lou Mathews is a linked short story collection filled with the working-class concerns of L.A.’s barrio, circa 1980s.” Continue reading A review of Shaky Town by Lou Mathews
Donna Hilbert Finds Love in the Poetry of Lament
“In Threnody: Poems, her new collection of 62 poems, Hilbert continues that tradition of lament, demonstrating that the modern lament is as contemporary as its older and ancient predecessors.” Continue reading Donna Hilbert Finds Love in the Poetry of Lament
Caren Gussoff Sumption Reviews The Perishing by Natashia Deón
“Deon’s immortal, Lou, is unusual. She’s young, Black, somewhat naive, and utterly brilliant.” Continue reading Caren Gussoff Sumption Reviews The Perishing by Natashia Deón
Mapping the Unfamliar: A Review of Navigating With(out) Instruments by traci kato-kiriyama
“In two of twelve sections, they touched on not having children, cancer, and the loss of a grandparent who was a familial pillar from an Asian American lens.” Continue reading Mapping the Unfamliar: A Review of Navigating With(out) Instruments by traci kato-kiriyama
“L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
Judith Freeman’s latest book “MacArthur Park” is set in L.A. from 1984 to the present century as it explores the complexities of a friendship between two women—and how it shapes, and reshapes, both of their lives. Continue reading “L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
Review: A Quilt for David by Steven Reigns
“Reigns also shows us how a cultural shame over sexuality helped to make Acer an easy target for those trying who saw revelation of a sexual past worse than death.” Continue reading Review: A Quilt for David by Steven Reigns
What Falls Away is Always, Ed. Katharine Haake and Gail Wronksy
“Members of the Los Angeles Glass Table Collective consider the topic ‘late-stage writing’ in the essay collection ‘What Falls Away is Always: Writers Over 60 on Writing & Death.'” Continue reading What Falls Away is Always, Ed. Katharine Haake and Gail Wronksy
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