December 14, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Haywire, Starcherone Books, 2010. Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of two previous novels, Roughhouse (Kaya Press, 1999) and Tetched (Behler Publications, 2005). He teaches literature at Medgar Evers College and
December 3, 2010
By Mark Athitakis
This post continues a series on Critical Mass featuring websites dedicated to book reviewing online. Read previous Q&As with The Rumpus, The Millions, The Quarterly Conversation, Open Letters Monthly, Three Percent,
November 20, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Author Photo: Kent Barker Adamantine, White Pine Press, 2010. Shin Yu Pai's previous books include Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn Artists Alliance, 2008), Works on Paper (Convivio Bookworks, 2007), Sightings: Selected
October 26, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open, University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. Diane Seuss is writer-in-residence at Kalamazoo College. Her first poetry collection was It Blows Your Hollow (New Issues, 1998),
October 9, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Extraordinary Renditions, Coffee House Press, 2010. Extraordinary Renditions is a novel composed of three novellas. “Composition” seems like an appropriate word to use given the thread that runs through all
September 14, 2010
By Mark Athitakis
This post continues a series on Critical Mass featuring websites dedicated to book reviewing online. Read previous Q&As with The Rumpus, The Millions, The Quarterly Conversation, Open Letters Monthly, Three Percent,
September 12, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
PHOTO CREDIT: PETER DRESSEL Diwata, Boa Editions, Ltd., 2010. Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author
August 27, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
PHOTO CREDIT: RACHEL WEDDING McCLELLAND Drowning Tucson, Coffee House Press, 2010. Aaron Michael Morales grew up in Tucson and now teaches writing and literature at Indiana State University. Few books
July 30, 2010
By Mark Athitakis
The Critical Flame launched in late 2008 and features long-form reviews of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with few of the secondary features of many websites such as blogs or comments.
July 20, 2010
By Mark Athitakis
This post continues a series on Critical Mass featuring websites dedicated to book reviewing online. Read previous Q&As with The Rumpus, The Millions, The Quarterly Conversation, and Open Letters Monthly. Since