Monthly Archive: June 2012

Jun 28

Booklist Online reviews Enchantment: New and Selected Stories by Thaisa Frank

Enchantment

 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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