Trading Insults for Healing in “The Dozen” by Casey Rocheteau

Review: The Dozen by Casey Rocheteau   The Dozen Author: Casey Rocheteau Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-943977-10-9 $16.95 Five books in my lifetime have made me throw them across the room while still reading them: Jericho Brown’s Please, Junot Diaz’s...

Review: Pepper Girl by Jonterri Gadson

Pepper Girl Author: Jonterri Gadson YesYes Books, 2012 IBSN: 978-1-936919-10-9 $12.00   Sipping Espresso with Pepper Girl “To all the men I’ve loved before: // Keep the poems.” Jonterri Gadson’s Pepper Girl walks us through an understanding of the self as a woman...

Review: ferrous wheel by Natalie Sharp

ferrous wheel: a chapbook Author: Natalie Sharp Tarantism Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-52390-421-1 $15.00   Hide and Seek From the Top of the ferrous wheel It’s morning in the world of ferrous wheel by Natalie Sharp. It’s early and humid, and the speaker has managed...

Review: Thursday 1:17 p.m. by Michael Landweber

Thursday 1:17 p.m.: A Novel Author: Michael Landweber Coffeetown Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-60381-357-0 $13.95   Still Life in Thursday 1:17 p.m. “Begin the Begin” by R.E.M. is the last song teenager Duck listens to before time stops around him in the middle of an...

A Review of American 419 and Other Stories by Melanie J. Cordova

American 419 and Other Stories Author: Adetokunbo Abiola Laughing Fire Press, 2013 ISBN: 9780967492230 $16.95   Adetokunbo Abiola’s short story collection American 419 charts a constellation of characters living in Africa from all walks of life as they struggle...