Etiqueta: Review
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“A Silent Scream in Four Corners,” Review of John RC Potter’s “The General Store at Four Corners” by Krin Van Tatenhove
I’m a big fan of John RC Potter’s writing, so I was excited to open his recent novella, The General Store at Four Corners. It’s one of three pieces featured in Body Lines, an annual journal published by Subtle Body Press. I was not disappointed! This is a tale of…
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Edward Ahern Reviews “The Illyrian Way” by Dearta Logu Fusaro
I picked up this book expecting a pleasant travelogue, and was blown away. Firstly, by the physical book. Fine books these days are mostly leather bindings, gilt lettering, and shaded paper. Not this one. The in-your-face front and back covers each have four differently sized cut-out circles, emblematic of the…
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Book Review: First Day of the Rest: a chapbook of Haibun and Haibunga collaborations byChristina Chin and Michael Hough / by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
Christina Chin and Michael Hough. First Day of the Rest: Haibun. Nun Prophet Press. 2024. 85 pages. $3.83. ISBN-13 979-834580010-2 First Day of the Rest Reviewed by Uchechukwu Onyedikam I will like to begin by acknowledging Christina and Michael for their individual exceptional skills; for holding me down each page,…
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Review: Cancer Courts My Mother by Karen Cline-Tardiff
The book’s title Cancer Courts My Mother —LindaAnn LoSchiavo— suggests an extended metaphor. The tenor, cancer, is a suitor. A suitor is defined as a man who courts a woman. Although the title suggests otherwise, the woman the suitor courts is the daughter, the poet. In «Arrival» she says, «I…
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Review: Duchess of the New Dawn by Kim Rendfe / by Olga Nuñez
Hi all, I bring you a book I discovered through Rosie’s Book Review Team. I read historical fiction sometimes, but I hadn’t read any set in the period covered by this novel. And it does make for a fascinating read. Oh, before I forget, you can preorder the book, but…