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The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Severe clear. Such an ominous sounding term for a perfect sky. But somehow, when tragedy strikes, people remember the sky. In documentaries about the JFK assassination, a … Continue reading →

Were I in high school, I would totally have a crush on Peyton Breedlove. She’s one of those weird girls who wears tee shirts emblazoned with 1970’s rock band logos, and ripped jeans with smiley faces drawn on her exposed … Continue reading →

There are so many different openings I came up with to review Liza Wiemer’s miracle of a novel, “Hello?”, yet not one of them really works. I thought of the REM song lyric, “Everybody hurts, sometimes.” In “Hello?”, everybody hurts … Continue reading →

One of my favorite things about “Dorothy Parker Drank Here” is learning that author Ellen Meister has created a series starring the sharp-tongued Mrs. Parker. Book #1 was the excellent “Farewell, Dorothy Parker.” “Dorothy Parker Drank Here” is the second … Continue reading →

London Noble is a high school senior, who—unlike most of her counterparts—doesn’t want to be popular. She really just wants to fly under the radar, unnoticed, till she can graduate and move on. Her life is complicated by her younger … Continue reading →

Years ago, I was out drinking with a friend who was having marital problems. He was on his third marriage to the same woman, a decidedly unstable woman at that. I couldn’t help but ask him, “Dave, WHY do you … Continue reading →

Violet Epps is a famous film critic for America’s top weekly entertainment magazine. Her specialty—the very core of her celebrity—is her acerbic skewering of bad films. So arrogant are her reviews, that it’s difficult to believe how shy she is … Continue reading →

If you’re a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy–as well as a fan of Shakespearean prose–you will find perhaps no greater treat than Ian Doescher’s “William Shakespeare’s Star Wars” trilogy. The premise is simple, if painstakingly difficult to execute. … Continue reading →

It’s perhaps ironic that a book about books and a bookstore is so damn hard to write a book review about. Clay Jannon lost his job at an upstart, high-tech bagel chain. Desperate for cash, he ends up getting a … Continue reading →

Most anyone who’s tried to write has experienced writer’s block. Whether it’s a brief college paper or a full-length novel, you sit there, staring at a blank screen, the cursor blinking at you almost mockingly. I’ve discovered something equally nefarious … Continue reading →