Published Reviews

Rain Taxi Review of Books reviews Mahcic: Selected Poems by Tomas Riley As the book-length debut by a veteran of the Chicano spoken-word collective Taco Shop Poets, Mahcic reflects the TSP's playful yet socially conscious sensibility,... Read More »	Curve Magazine reviews SoMa by Kemble Scott "The founder and editor of SoMa Literary Review, Kemble Scott channeled his fascination with San Francisco's South of Market district — an industrial dead... Read More »
Culturelink reviews New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development by Arlene Goldbard Arlene Goldbard is one of those writers who not only writes about culture -- she lives culture. She manages both to persuade us about her research but also... Read More »	The Washington Post reviews The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue "Utterly absorbing...The Stolen Child is an impressive double act, a fine example of what the French call the fantastique -- an intrusion into realism, a leak... Read More »
ForeWord Magazine reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens “To look twice is not good, not the way things should be, but I decide it is better than failing to look at all,” admits Jack Gorse, the lonely protagonist of... Read More »	Small Spiral Notebook reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens Jack Gorse, the bookish, obsessive protagonist of Pamela Erens’ debut novel, is part of a long line of literary wanderers. Like Binx Bolling, from Walker Percy’s... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens A 40-year-old New Yorker bound to his solitude and his habits finds he has lost the ability to connect with others in former Glamour editor Erens's hauntingly... Read More »	Chicago Tribune reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens The "understory," narrator Jack Gorse explains early on, as he wanders the hidden Ramble in New York's Central Park, is made up of "the shrubs and... Read More »
Library Journal, starred review reviews The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond Richmond (Dream of the Blue Room) has written a mesmerizing novel of loss and grief, hope and redemption, and the endurance of love. Read More »	People reviews The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond A gripping tale... Read More »

The Asian Age reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas While some writers paint with words, some can make them sing and some others can even make them breathe, but very few can make them tell a story. Mascarenhas has... 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 "I was moved by Michael’s very personal account of life in Iraq and the wisdom he gained in that crucible—including not to salute if I ever find myself in a war... Read More »
The Associated Press -- and viral reprints throughout mainstream media reviews The Road Out Of Hell by Anthony Flacco "The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders" (Union Square Press, 304 pages, $24.95), by Anthony Flacco, with Jerry Clark:... Read More »	Debbie Wiley Book Reviews reviews Twenty-Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba Stacy Juba evokes a wide range of emotions in this poignant tale. The mystery itself is well done while the structure of the novel itself makes the reading flow... Read More »
Library Journal reviews Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear Biologist Cassie Roux, a rare red lupus garou raised in the wild by real wolves, has devoted her life to keeping the wolves safe and her true identity secret. Now... Read More »	Long and Short Reviews reviews Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear Ms. Spear has another exciting winner on her hands with Seduced By The Wolf. It delves into pack dynamics and a man’s sense of self. It shows the value of trust... Read More »
Love Romance Passion reviews Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear Despite being the fifth novel in Terry Spear’s werewolf series, Seduced by the Wolf was written as a stand-alone. As a rule, I enjoy reading previous installments... Read More »	The Good, the reviews Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear Somehow I missed reading this Terry Spear book back in August or even September. Shame on me, because it’s a terrific read. Ms. Spear has definitely come into her... Read More »
New York Times reviews Breaking Out of Bedlam: A Novel by Leslie Larson “A kick….Reading [Cora’s]“journals,” as she reawakens, finds a friend and a paramour, and plots her escape, is a hoot.” Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews Breaking Out of Bedlam: A Novel by Leslie Larson “Larson masterfully interweaves themes with the story: of water and weightlessness; of stability and rocks; of addiction, love and lying; and of waking up to new... Read More »