Excerpt: “The title of this collection hints at its contents—delectable stories with touches of the surreal as well as many plot twists and surprises. From short-short story to novella, each narrative demonstrates mastery of the genre. Frank’s style is tightly controlled and lyrical, yet contains a richness of detail that seamlessly integrates fantasy elements and …
Monthly Archive: June 2012
Jun 27
Tracy Kauffman-Wood of Women’s Memoirs reviews The Shyster’s Daughter
Blurb: Paula Priamos is The Shyster’s Daughter, having grown up the daughter of a defense attorney who, it turns out, was just as much a crook as most of his clients. Full review here: WomensMemoirs.com
Jun 27
Greek Reporter interviews Greek-American author Paula Priamos
Excerpt: Before your first book, ‘The Shyster’s Daughter: A Memoir’ was published, your personal essays have been in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Washington Post. What made you decide to start writing about your personal experiences for public reading? Writing about personal experiences has more of an immediacy to it than say a short …
Jun 27
Owen Egerton’s “Literary Rap Trailer” on Austinist
Owen Egerton drops his “Literary Rap Trailer” for his newest work of fiction, The Book of Harold, the Illegitimate Son of God. Click here to watch the video: Austinist.com
Jun 27
Sebastian Gibson on Blog Talk Radio’s The Dereck and Kay Show
Listen to Sebastian Gibson on The Dereck and Kay Show! Click here for the recorded broadcast: BlogTalkRadio.com
Jun 27
We Love This Book reviews Sex & Punishment
Excerpt: “Sex and Punishment: 4000 Years of Judging Desire is a book to read when you want more than your fair share of space on the morning commute. But don’t let that put you off. Eric Berkowitz’s riveting investigation of sex law charts its progression from the beginning of written history in Mesopotamia through to Oscar Wilde’s incarceration for sodomy in …
Jun 27
Review of No Alternative by Versatile Book Reviews
Excerpt: “From the first sentence, to the very last, this book pulled at a part of me that has long been buried and forgotten. It is an incredibly powerful narrative on teen suicide in the 90’s, a time when suicide was reaching nearly epidemic proportions for Generation X.” — Versatile Book Reviews For the full …
Jun 27
The Scotsman reviews Sex & Punishment
Blurb: “Prudery and prurience have always been close kin, just as there’s been a streak of sexual sadism in the punishments meted out to transgressors, but where does live-and-let-live give way to free-for-all?” — The Scotsman For the full review, click here: The Scotsman
Jun 27
T. Mill interviews Sebastian Gibson, author of Nitt Witt Hill
T. Mill, online radio personality, interviews Sebastian Gibson. To listen to the recorded broadcast, click here: MixCloud.com
Jun 27
Publishers Weekly reviews Bruce Holbert’s “Lonesome Animals”
Blurb: “From the opening sentence of Holbert’s remarkable debut, it is obvious that we are in the hands of a master storyteller. Call it literary fiction, classic western realism, or historical noir, Holbert is a writer of formidable skill and this auspicious debut should have considerable crossover appeal.” –– Publishers Weekly Read the full review at …
