ANNOTATIONS, REVIEWS, and CRAFT BOOKS
Favorite First Sentence: THAT NIGHT, Alice McDermott
Favorite First Sentence: That Night, Alice McDermott That night when he came to claim her, he stood on the short lawn before her house, his knees bent, his fists driven into his thighs, and bellowed her name with such passion…
Read MoreBook Review: DADDY ISSUES by Alex McElroy
Alex McElroy’s chapbook, Daddy Issues, consists of seven short fiction pieces, and each story tackles the role that boys and men play in their families and in the world, paying particular attention to the relationship between fathers and sons. By…
Read MoreBook Review: WHAT WE LOSE by Zinzi Clemmons
Much of What We Lose, an innovative and engaging debut novel by Zinzi Clemmons, is about being stuck in the in-between. The protagonist, Thandi, is of mixed-race, with an American father and a South African mother. Although Thandi is brought…
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