Published Reviews

Pagan Book Reviews reviews The Fires of Shalsha by John Michael Greer This is a quick read, and yet a very rich tale, too. The twist at the end is a nice touch, though I wasn’t too surprised by the resolution that occurred after.... Read More »	Rending the Veil reviews Academy of the Sword by John Michael Greer First published in 1630 in French, Gerard Thibault’s Academy of the Sword stands as one of the most lavish treatises ever written on the art of civilian swordplay... Read More »
Spiral Nature reviews The Art and Practice of Geomancy by John Michael Greer Greer has a way of leading the reader along, through technical aspects, to practical experiences in a very enjoyable flow. Personally this feels like one of the... Read More »	Living & Loving reviews An Elephant's Tail by Elle Matthews “Author Elle Matthews has managed to capture the essence of a truly African tale in a brilliant book based in a game reserve !” Read More »
Website reviews An Elephant's Tail by Elle Matthews “Beautifully presented and wonder fully written.” Read More »	The Japan Times Online reviews Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Flash Fiction from Contemporary China by Shouhua Qi Some of the accounts, like Wang Renshu's "Blowfish," a failed attempt to relieve his family's suffering and hunger by feeding them the deadly fish, are heart-... Read More »
The Daily Mail (UK) reviews No One You Know by Michelle Richmond This story about two sisters - one of whom is randomly murdered - is a terrific literary mystery. But it's also a story about story-telling, the way stories shape... Read More »	Philadelphia Gay News reviews Ice Song by Kirsten Imani Kasai “Ice Song” is definitely a compelling read, largely due to the fact that Sorykah is such a well-developed character. She has an equally intense and complex sense... Read More »
Author of The Year of Fog and No One You Know reviews Looking After Pigeon (Permanent Press, 07/2009) by Maud Carol Markson “A wise and quietly compelling novel, so completely intimate that it feels more like memoir than fiction. It is the story of one summer in the life of a child... Read More »	School Library Journal June 2009 reviews Looking After Pigeon (Permanent Press, 07/2009) by Maud Carol Markson School Library Journal June 2009 Adult/High School The narrator of this novel, seemingly set in the early 1970s, is five-year-old Pigeon. She observes her... Read More »

Whole Living Daily reviews Ying's Best One-Dish Meals by Ying C Compestine As the associate food editor of Whole Living, you better believe that a lot of cookbook galleys cross my desk each week. Every so often there's one that truly... Read More »	The Guardian reviews Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputing by Martyn Amos "Fascinating... Amos describes such experiments beautifully, combining laboratory drama with technical explanations. His lucid and punchy prose conveys a... Read More »
The Independent reviews Walking The Dog by Charles Davis What’s a “meta for” if not analogy? And does Charles Davis ever go “over” and “above” expected comparisons in Walking the Dog, the novel that follows his... Read More »	Los Angeles Times reviews Angels & Demons: the Insider's Guide by Angela K Nickerson Angela K. Nickerson, author of “A Journey Into Michelangelo’s Rome,” has written a free insider’s travel guide to the locations featured in “Angel & Demons.”... Read More »
Volksblad, South Africa reviews Switch by Grant McKenzie "A thriller that got me asking questions. Switch is a promising debut, a well-conceived thriller with no loose ends. Reminiscent of Dean Koontz. I’ll be watching... Read More »	Women's Review of Books reviews But a Passage in Wilderness by Margo Berdeshevsky "... All three of the writers treated here are women who have lived the writing life and lived it widely, with large, questioning, furious hearts. Like millions... Read More »
Karen J. Weyant reviews Girl on a Bridge by Suzanne Frischkorn The women found in Suzanne Frischkorn’s Girl on a Bridge, are strong, smart, sexy, and…just a little lost. This was my initial reaction when I read Frischkorn’s... Read More »	The Rumpus reviews I Was the Jukebox: Poems by Sandra Beasley Readers of energetic, ornate, and enthused poetry—step forward. I’ve got your woman. Sandra Beasley’s newest collection of poems, I Was The Jukebox, can best be... Read More »
Pirene's Fountain reviews For One Who Knows How to Own Land by Scott Owens I wrote my undergraduate honors thesis on “reverse regionalism” (a concept I coined with the confidence and confusion of a young intellectual) in the poetry of... Read More »	Goodreads.com reviews Birds of Paradise Lost by Andrew Q Lam Andrew Lam, one of my favorite writers, has often demonstrated his journalist's ability to see the broad themes in the most particular of situations. He is... Read More »