Published Reviews

Various reviews A List of Offences by Dilruba Z. Ara Here are some of the reviews for my debut novel A List of Offences. It's currently available for Kindle, and is soon to be a print book, as well. “In ... Read More »	Lambda Literary reviews Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics by Urvashi Vaid The first line of Urvashi Vaid’s new book Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics (Magnus Books) is enough to... Read More »
Unburying Hope Kirkuk Reviews reviews Unburying Hope by Mary Wallace The moving story of a woman holding on to romance while trying to save her troubled lover. An ambitious work, Wallace’s debut novel tackles difficult subjects,... Read More »	http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/upcoming-events/la-ep-19.html reviews "Iron" by Zarina Zabrisky "Zabrisky was a bright light of wow, the way she performed a gorgeous story to music, in way-high heels, and shouted into the microphone while waving a fist in... Read More »
Wall Street Journal reviews First Girl Scout, The Life of Juliette Gordon Low by Ginger Wadsworth "...a good-looking volume, illustrated with historical photographs, set on pages that resemble pale green embroidered linen and sparkling with the force of Low's... Read More »	Publisher's Weekly reviews North of Hope: A Daughter's Arctic Journey by Shannon Huffman Polson In her debut, Polson offers a memoir of her journey down a river of grief, set against the sparkling beauty of the wilderness of her native Alaska..Polson shares... Read More »
MungBeing Magazine reviews "Iron" by Zarina Zabrisky "It’s rare to find so many layers in a collection of short stories that draw from so many elements such as myth, pathos, symbolism, philosophic thought, tragedy... Read More »	Dallas Morning News reviews What Happened To My Sister by Elizabeth Flock "I honestly thought Me & Emma was about as perfect a book as I could ever want to read, with absolutely no need for a follow-up. But now that I’ve read What... Read More »
The Writer Magazine reviews The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing by Martha Stockton Alderson Martha Alderson, a.k.a "The Plot Whisperer," has been a nationally recognized plot consultant for 15 years. Here she offers loads of exercises to help writers... Read More »	A Mommy's Place reviews My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future by Kate Marshall Here’s what’s up with the BlogHer Book Club these days: My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future by Kate and David Marshall. Not so much a book to... Read More »

San Francisco Chronicle reviews Whispers From God (paperback of Oh The Hell Of It All) by Pat Montandon Pat Montandon packs 'em in at Litquake event Surprisingly, on a rather cold Monday night, the queue outside the Swedish American Hall for Litquake's Porch Light... Read More »	Rebecca's Reads reviews Months and Seasons by Christopher Meeks In high school, I discovered Charles Bukowski, John Fante, and Raymond Carver. I subsequently realized I was a lover of short story fiction. As a collection of... Read More »
National Public Radio reviews Woodsburner by John Pipkin "For Independence Day: A Story Of The Fireworks That Changed American Thought" True fact: One year before he built his cabin on Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau... Read More »	The Globe & Mail reviews Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke by Grant Hayter-Menzies Hayter-Menzies blends this material nicely, writing with both authority and a light touch, giving an up-close-and-personal portrait not just of Burke, but also her... Read More »
The Globe & Mail, Toronto, Canada reviews The Collected Poems, 1957-2004 (2nd printing, 2006) by Robert Sward What I would really like to say about The Collected Poems of Robert Sward would not be a book review. I would like to say, Listen to this! and quote a whole poem,... Read More »	The New York Times reviews The Subway Chronicles (edited by Jacquelin Cangro) "AN EGG SALAD SANDWICH ON THE RED LINE" essay by Anastasia M Ashman "Anyone who has ever been exasperated by an out-of-towner who lacked the chops for New York life will empathize with Anastasia Ashman's story about a sofa-... Read More »
Examiner.com reviews East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres by Andrew Q Lam Stories about immigration to the United States are always compelling for the enourmous fears faced and challenges overcome by the young and old.... Read More »	http://lishost.org/~hpplblog/reads/?p=701 reviews The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells Wells can tell a story and, as anyone who has read her Ya-Ya books knows, she’ll take you from laughter to tears to anger and back to laughter in a heartbeat. She... Read More »
Amazon.com customer review reviews REPAIR For Kids: A Program for Recovery from Incest and Childhood Sexual Abuse by Margie McKinnon "REPAIR for Kids" by Marjorie McKinnon is a really important resource for children who have been abused. I wish that a copy could be found in every classroom so... Read More »	The Statesman reviews A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey There’s a saying in Hindi which goes: dhobi ka kutta, na ghar ka, na ghat ka. The washerman's dog doesn't know where he belongs, whether at home or at the ghats... Read More »