Death’s Dancer, by Jasmine Silvera
Review by Joy Ralph
At first glance, this is a deceptively simple-sounding romance: talented dancer falls for mysterious, powerful and possibly dangerous client.
Standing at an Angle to my Age, by P.W. Bridgman
Review by Angela Kubinec
P.W. Bridgman’s book is a collection of short stories and flash fiction that illustrates the importance of “standing” wherever one finds oneself.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah: Everything Old Is New Again
Review by Joy Ralph
How does an author tell a fresh and interesting story when an audience already knows how everything is going to end?
My Name is Lucy Barton: Review by Donna Roberts
In Lucy we see the parts of ourselves that are at once hardened, and yet remain vulnerable, toughened and yet desperate, conquered and yet not fully defeated.
Best Books of 2016: An Easy Roundup
Our ever-intrepid staff has reviewed their reading lists for 2016 and presents a small sampling of their favorites.
A Staggerwing Takes Flight
review by Angela Kubinec
The path to self-actualization includes sabotage. It is crowded and messy. It trips us on the worn out shoestrings of our relation to the world.
Hindsight by Mindy Tarquini: a Review
by Camille Griep
Eugenia Panisporchi’s lives are unraveling. All of them. Tarquini gives us a contemporary story, but with a twist.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: A Review
by Diane Yannick
There is no rating low enough to compensate for the way this book has ruined my life. Whatever you do, don’t read it as it will haunt you.
Hamming It Up: At Play in the Poems of Neil Shepard
by George Drew
There is much to recommend the poems in Neil Shepard’s just-released collection, Hominid Up: their beautiful lyricism, their range, and their sheer poetic intelligence.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver: Review by Donna Roberts
The Poisonwood Bible is a masterful example of a tale unfolding from unique perspectives.
Gina Barreca
Roz Warren
What kind of woman would write an essay from the point of view of a female orgasm? That would be Gina Barreca, feminist humor scholar, humorist, philosopher and all round gadfly.
The Guest Room: Review by Donna Roberts
Bohjalian, known for exploring contemporary and controversial issues, confronts the topic of human trafficking and brings it right into the living room of upper-middle class suburbia.
Nine Ways Off the Path
Review by Joy Ralph
Off the Path: An Anthology of 21st Century Montana American Indian Writers is a collection edited by Adrian Jawort, a writer, editor, and owner of Off the Pass Press.
Phantasma: a Review
by Joy Ralph
Phantasma is a short story collection that sets out to explore the “well-managed fears” lurking just under the surface of human consciousness.
Lifting the Veil
by Joy Ralph
Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil on Mormon Mind Control is Luna Lindsey’s autobiographical exegesis, not of losing her religion, but of gaining a more profound understanding of herself and her beliefs.
