Published Reviews

Sunset Magazine reviews Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Douglas R Keister Keister has done for cemetery exploration what Audubon did for birding. Read More »	Absinthe Literary Review reviews below the low-water mark by Ryan Masters below the low-water markRyan MastersPudding House PublicationsJohnstown, OH29 pp. $8.95 Seawater runs through Ryan Masters new chapbook below the low-... Read More »
Children's Literature reviews Mouth Moths, More Classroom Tales by Douglas Evans Kids and teachers alike will recognize most (if not all) of the students starring in each chapter of this funny collection of classroom tales. ...Funny and easy to... Read More »	$math.gif$ Book List reviews Math Rashes, and Other Classroom Tales by Douglas Evans Gr. 2-4. Homework makes no sense to Hari. Consequently, he eagerly trades one of his five senses to a gnome for doing his lessons. That arrangement works well--... Read More »
Monterey County Weekly reviews The Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets by Ryan Masters Masters put out a call for poetry and got 800 submissions. Of those, he took almost a hundred, and with Aptos-based publisher Susana “Suki” Wessling, of Chatoyant... Read More »	Kirkus Reviews reviews The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans From Kirkus Reviews: An endearingly eccentric family settles into the elevator and hearts of the patrons and employees at the San Francisco Hotel in this over-the-... Read More »
Book List reviews MVP: Magellan Voyage Project by Douglas Evans BOOKLIST, Dec. 1, 2004Adam Story longs to see the world, but he never imagines he will get the chance. Then, on his twelfth birthday, a mysterious stranger, Prince... Read More »	New York Times Book Review reviews Classroom at the End of the Hall by Douglas Evans From New York Times Book Review: The custodian at the W.T. Melon Elementary School tells some tall tales about ghosts and mischief in the building ... believe them... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Classroom at the End of the Hall by Douglas Evans Starred review*--Peculiar happenings are the norm in the classroom that serves as the setting for this droll collection. Occasionally reminiscent of Louis Sachar’... Read More »	Pacific Church News reviews Write For Life: Healing Body, Mind and Spirit Through Journal Writing by Sheppard B. Kominars Read More »

The Front Table reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas Within these pages is an artfully constructed novel written by a classic storyteller, Margaret Mascarenhas. The story, reminiscent of a modernized selection from... Read More »	David Bellavia reviews Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony "Anthony's painful account of his time at war is at times difficult to read. This coming of age war memoir details the very gut wrenching journey he takes into... Read More »
Front page of book reviews Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony "Michael Anthony's book Mass Casualties is unique and important. It is unique because it is written from the perspective of an army medic and provides insights... Read More »	Bookreporter.com reviews City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley In Kelli Stanley’s extremely capable hands, the tale told in CITY OF DRAGONS is a picture- and pitch-perfect account of a complex and gripping tale set in a San... Read More »
Entertainment Weekly reviews I'm Down by Mishna Wolff All of Wolff's experiences funnel into this buoyant memoir, which is rich in detail but never feels overembellished. Memories about the struggle to fit in can seem... Read More »	BookPleasures reviews Waltzing Australia by Cynthia A Clampitt Waltzing Australia is a splendid travelogue that delivers in spades and anyone contemplating a trip to “Down Under,” or even armchair travelers, would be more than... Read More »
NECN reviews Mornings with Mailer by Dwayne Raymond Five minute televised interview with Raymond on his book, Mornings with Mailer Read More »	Publisher's Weekly reviews I Was the Jukebox: Poems by Sandra Beasley More fun than most recent books, Beasley's second collection can also get quite serious: in the best parts, the poet pretends she is any number of nonhuman things—... Read More »
POETRY reviews I Was the Jukebox: Poems by Sandra Beasley Perhaps as a countercurrent to the disintegration constantly threatening its speakers, Jukebox is filled with efforts to catch and clench. A woman presses her hand... Read More »	Rundpinne reviews Flesh and Grass by Libby Cone ...Captivating and masterful describe Cone’s work, and for those looking for an excellent historical fiction novel about one of the most interesting times in... Read More »