Here’s a book that’s kinda different. Silent Bob by Joe Taylor is a comic fantasy novel about how our lives are really controlled by viziers on the roof. Who knew? My review for Alabama Writers’ Forum is just out.
Alabama Writers’ Forum has just published a new crop of reviews. I review Ayana Mathis’s new novel, The Unsettled, and a packed collection of short stories, The Best of the Shortest, that grew out of the legendary “literary slugfest” Southern Writers Reading in Fairhope, Alabama. And while you’re there, enjoy Susie Paul’s lively review of Jacqueline Allen Trimble’s How to Survive the Apocalypse, a new book of poetry. Check them out here:
Leah Myers has written a powerful and beautiful memoir about the challenges of maintaining a Native identity in the contemporary world. Here’s my review for Alabama Writers’ Forum:
Former Alabama governor “Big Jim” Folsom figures prominently in this collection of five plays. For those who don’t know about Alabama’s progressive (by Alabama standards) governor at the dawn of the Civil Rights Era, this might be a worthwhile introduction.
Here’s my latest Alabama Writers’ Forum book review for all of the space nerds out there. While you’re at it, check out the other recently posted reviews. There are books for every taste — Celebrate Them.
Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind’s Exploration of Space
It was my honor to attend and report on the 2023 Alabama Writers Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The literary arts in Alabama are thriving, thanks in part to these fine writers. Read my article from the Alabama Writers’ Forum website.
The Gathering: Alabama Writers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, March 10, 2023
Two of my recent book reviews are now available for viewing at Alabama Writers’ Forum. The Gold-Plated Scarab and Other Stories is a lovely collection of short stories by Norman McMillan and More than Peanuts: The Unlikely Partnership of Tom Huston and George Washington Carver is Edith Powell’s book about a lesser-known collaboration in the scientist George Washington Carver’s storied career.
While you’re there, check out all of the other reviews and the newly renovated Alabama Writers’ Forum website: https://www.writersforum.org
More than Peanuts: The Unlikely Partnership of Tom Huston and George Washington Carver
Alabama Writers’ Forum has just posted my review of Ramona Reeves’s award-winning collection of short fiction, It Falls Gently All Around. The book was just published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Read the review here:
My latest review for Alabama Writers’ Forum is currently available on the AWF website. Dickson’s ambitious story collection is a co-winner of the Tartt First Fiction Award given annually by Livingston Press of the University of West Alabama. Read the review here:
https://www.writersforum.org/news_and_reviews/review_archives.html/article/2022/09/14/yazoo-clay
My latest book review for Alabama Writers’ Forum is now available on their website. Fans of the book, Rocket Boys, and its movie adaptation, October Sky, will be interested in the further adventures of their protagonist.
Read it here:
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