Published Reviews

Booklist reviews The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver Booklist Graver, Elizabeth (Author) Mar 2013. 352 p. Harper, hardcover, $24.99. (9780062184849). For generations, the wealthy Porter family has sought... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver “Graver’s gifts—her control of time, her ability to evoke place and define character—are immense.” Publishers Weekly Read More »
Expat Info Desk reviews TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (edited with Jennifer Eaton Gokmen) by Anastasia M Ashman "a perfect read, engaging and well-thought out": ExpatInfoDesk.com's book review of my anthology Tales from the Expat Harem "If you’re considering... Read More »	Indy Week reviews Donald by Eric B. Martin Nice review of Little Green Pig's production of Donald as a play: "At the center of the minimal but striking set (which was designed by the protean O'Berski), Alex... Read More »
The Arched Doorway reviews Season of the Wolf by Jeffrey J. Mariotte Season of the Wolf is a very gory story, at times excessively so. It seemed to me that it rarely went more than a few pages without someone being... Read More »	Horror World.org reviews Season of the Wolf by Jeffrey J. Mariotte This might be the most ambitious novel Jeff Mariotte has ever written. Aside from a large cast of characters, Jeff has managed to work in the politically... Read More »
Al-Khemia Poetica reviews "Iron" by Zarina Zabrisky "Zabrisky has hit the ground running with a strong literary debut that furthers the great tradition of Russian literature into the 21st century." “These are... Read More »	Prairie Fire Review of Books reviews Wayworn Wooden Floors by Mark Lavorato It’s hard not to notice and be moved by the dedication of this book to the memory of Alden Nowlan, and I find it comforting that a relatively young man like Mark... Read More »
ForeWord Magazine reviews "The Proxy Assassin, Book Three of the American Spy Trilogy" by John Knoerle The Proxy Assassin Book Three of the American Spy Trilogy ForeWord Review “Dumb cowards live longer than smart heroes,” quips reluctant spy Hal Schroeder as his... Read More »	The Manhattan Review reviews New and Selected Poems, 1957-2011 by Robert Sward New & Selected Poems, 1957-present. Red Hen Press, 202 pp. $24.95 (paperback) This humorous, thoughtful, and delightful poet expresses a childlike but... Read More »

nycBigCityLit_Reviews reviews But a Passage in Wilderness by Margo Berdeshevsky Margo Berdeshevsky achieves an unusual trinity in her first book of poems, But a Passage in Wilderness. The collection is wonderfully experimental, exceptionally... Read More »	Palm Beach Post reviews Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke by Grant Hayter-Menzies Mrs. Ziegfeld (McFarland) is Grant Hayter-Menzies’ biography of one of the most distinctive actresses of her — or any — generation.... Hayter-Menzies’ book is... Read More »
Random House reviews What Happened To My Sister by Elizabeth Flock “What Happened To My Sister is a gripping read that is at once heartbreaking and heartwarming. Flock masterfully combines a deeply affecting family drama with... Read More »	BookTrib reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera Video Review. Read More »
YABooksCentral reviews Humberto the Bookworm Hamster by Mayra Calvani Humberto Hamster loves to read everything! Problem is his only friends are the books he loves. That all changes one night after a storm destroys the animals homes... Read More »	The Metro reviews Charlotte Greenwood: The Life and Career of the Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film by Grant Hayter-Menzies Charlotte Greenwood burnished her little corner of the movie Oklahoma! as Aunt Eller, perhaps the most authentically Oklahoman character in the movie; Schulyer... Read More »
Mike Snider’s Formal Blog at the Sonnetarium reviews Sad Jazz: Sonnets by Tony Barnstone "Antonyms" is the most technically interesting of the death/breath poems. It's built like Herbert's "Easter Wings," starting with a pair of... Read More »	VOYA reviews Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler The last thing that ex-star basketball player Chelsea Keyes has on her mind when she arrives at Camp Lake in the Woods is a summer of training. She is miserable,... Read More »
Cocktails and Books reviews Love At Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks This was a book that had me laughing and then cringing because Gunnar reminded me of some individuals I know who resembled poor Gunnar in more ways than one.... Read More »	Chico Enterprise Record reviews DESIREE A Chick Corbett Yarn by Douglas R Keister Biblio File book review: A rollicking first novel from Doug Keister By DAN BARNETT Posted: 05/20/2010 12:00:00 AM PDT Perhaps best known for his beautifully... Read More »