The March Pile
The mountain grows. It’s ripe for picking, certainly. At the Norton booth last week I picked up the much-anticipated August and Then Some, by David Prete.…
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Month: March 2012
Over There
I recently wrote an ecstatic review of a book by a U.K. writer. Fortunately, I wasn’t beholden to the U.S. publisher at the time.…
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The Reader’s Resume Cover Letter: I’m The Reader You Should Want
Dear Writer, Thank you for allowing me to apply for the job as your reader. You will find attached a list of the principal works that I have read in recent years.…
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The Drought by Miles Harvey
thelitpub.com I stumbled over this little gem a few days ago, and the nice folks at The Lit Pub were kind enough to send me a PDF of Miles Harvey’s wonderful chapbook, and I’m so glad they did. …
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Inside by Alix Ohlin
Inside by Alix Ohlin Knopf – June 2012 “Wow” is an understatement. Alix Ohlin has been weaving fantastic prose for quite some time.…
Read MoreOn Adopting a Writer
I recently passed on reviewing a poetry collection. It’s difficult to write about verse. I’ve only tried it once or twice.…
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Pure by Andrew Miller
For most of the 20th and our own time, historical fiction has been considered an excrescent stump of serious literature, a form of genre writing like science fiction or mysteries.…
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