Mary Akers's Reviews
Reviews of Mary’s Work
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Jan.05.2010
Published by Foreword Magazine
The author’s grandfather, Vladislav Paluchowski, makes a stunning sacrifice in order to help his family survive; he starves, so that his grandchildren might eat. This sacrifice...
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Aug.30.2009
Published by Get Lit!
WOMEN UP ON BLOCKS--The title itself conjures a powerful image. Set aside the immediate mental flash of stirrups and invasive annual examination. Look at the cover art (good shoes...
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Jul.01.2009
Published by The Short Review
The female protagonists in this collection are prisoners in multifarious ways: trapped by the weight of marriage to errant/insensitive men, the burden of childcare, an addiction...
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Apr.12.2009
Published by Winston-Salem Journal
Women up on Blocks is a welcome change of pace from much of today's women's fiction. No syrupy sweetness or over-the-top sexy adventure here; just realistic women living realistic...
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Reviews by Mary
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18.May.2009
Mary Akers reviews
by mary-akers
http://katdenza.blogspot.com/2009/05/read-this-women-up-on-blocks-by-mar...
What better way to kick off Dan Wickett's designated...
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The women in these thirteen short stories will resonate with you long after you read this book. You will wonder about them as if they were your neighbors. You will even feel the urge to call them to make sure they are okay. Akers has imparted a fearless, fully-explored series of stories about how women try to break out of their emotional prisons in a way that will even touch readers who have nothing in common with these women. The stories are honest portraits of how women live through the life they are dealt with courage, strength and beauty.”
—Review of WOMEN UP ON BLOCKS, by Joan Hanna, Author Exposure
About Mary
Mary Akers' fiction, poetry and non-fiction have appeared or are forthcoming in various international journals such as Bellevue Literary Review, The Fiddlehead, and Primavera. Her personal essays on parenting and the writing life are forthcoming in several...
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Orion
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