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[Book Review] Here Beside The Rising Tide, by Emily Jane
By Cierra Buchholz Emily Janes' fantastically weird and charmingly loveable sophomore novel, Here Beside The Rising Tide , expertly blurs...
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Dec 15, 20242 min read
[Review] The Lyric Hotel by Susan Sisko Carter
By Maria Duarte The Lyric Hotel by Susan Sisko Carter centers on, Jeanette, a director for commercials who, after her husband’s death,...
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Dec 15, 20243 min read
[Review] I, Caravaggio by Eugenio Volpe
By Ella Boyd I, Caravaggio , Eugenio Volpe’s debut novel modernizing the internal narrative of the iconic and infamous Italian painter...
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Nov 19, 20242 min read
[Book Review] On Shifting Shoals by Joanne Durham
By Carolyn Martin Joanne Durham’s entertaining and inspiring chapbook, On Shifting Shoals, epitomizes Wallace Stevens’ famous...
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Oct 22, 20244 min read
[Book Review] Buster: A Dog, by George Pelecanos
By Cierra Buchholz Buster: A Dog, by George Pelecanos, is an 88 page novella narrated by Buster, the family dog, that gives readers a...
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Sep 24, 20242 min read
[Book Review] Creatures by Crissy Van Meter
By A.M. Larks Creatures, the first novel by Crissy Van Meter, is like free diving in an ocean of relationships, where one holds their...
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Aug 27, 20246 min read
[Book Review] Candles for the Defiant: Discovering My Family’s Estonian Past By Kaia Gallagher
By L.J. Provost Like many mysteries in life, Kaia Gallagher’s had been hiding in plain sight. She was 5 years old when she realized...
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Jul 1, 20242 min read
[Review] of Adieu: A Memoir of Holocaust Survivor by Alfred J. Lakritz
by Maria Duarte In Adieu: A Memoir of Holocaust Survivor Alfred J. Lakritz takes the reader through his and his family’s journey of...
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Jun 4, 20243 min read
[Review] “Wipeout” a Play by Aurora Real de Asua
By A.M. Larks I was lucky enough to catch the California World Premiere of “Wipeout” by Aurora Real de Asua on the closing weekend at the...
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May 7, 20242 min read
[Review] Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
By A.M. Larks Julia Armfield’s Salt Slow is a collection of stories that bend around reality and peek into the often unexamined corners...
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Apr 9, 20245 min read
[Book Review] 6 Poetry Collections
In honor of National Poetry Month, we thought we’d spotlight six different collections of poetry. Read on and pick your favorite, or...
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Mar 12, 20243 min read
[Book Review] The Pickle Index by Eli Horowitz, Illustrated by Ian Huebert
By A.M. Larks The Pickle Index is another dystopian satirical novel brought to you by the minds that created The Silent History. And like...
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Feb 13, 20242 min read
[Book Review] Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
By A.M. Larks Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal is a humorous and brilliant blend of a novel. Weaving together a...
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Jan 16, 20242 min read
[Book Review] The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
by A.M. Larks The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed is a poignant novel about the tribulations of growing up and how quickly world...
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Dec 15, 20232 min read
[Book Review] She may be lying down but she may be very happy
by Jody Gelb Review by Maria Duarte She May Be Lying Down but She May Be Very Happy by Jody Gelb is a micro-memoir about how a mother...
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Dec 15, 20232 min read
[Book Review] Conversations with Birds
by Priyanka Kumar Review by A.M. Larks In Conversations with Birds, writer and filmmaker Priyanka Kumar introduces the reader to not only...
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Oct 31, 20232 min read
[Book Review] "Family Style" by Thein Pham
Review by A.M. Larks Taste is an often underused sense in writing, but not so in Thien Pham’s new graphic memoir Family Style, where it...
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Sep 19, 20234 min read
[Review] Reading of "Sons of Maui" by Lee Cataluna
By A.M. Larks “Sons of Maui” by Lee Cataluna **Editors note: This performance and the corresponding review were written prior to the...
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Aug 8, 20232 min read
[Book Review] Riot Baby
By A.M. Larks Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi is a visceral novel, conveying the lived experience of being Black in America with a dystopian...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
[Book Review] Platypus Matters by Jack Ashby
Review by A. M. Larks What do you know about Australian animals? How many can you name? Do you only know the famous ones: kangaroos or...
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