The book Fetish by Orlando Ricardo Menes takes readers on a journey through the languid memories of the author’s life and what they mean to him. It starts with the beautiful, exotic depictions of scenery, and then leads to the more tragic abruptness of reality; this collection of poetry bares all. Even if the reader is not of Cuban descent,… Read more →

When Evil Grows, the Pious Pray, and the Wise Run     If you’re looking for an epic journey of an unscrupulous man in a world of magic and battle, you have just stumbled upon an analysis and great praise for just such a thing. Emperor of Thorns, the last fantasy novel in Mark Lawrence’s trilogy, is a fantastic and incredibly… Read more →

    Christopher Moore has written thirteen books before “The Serpent of Venice”, and they all drip like poison on a wine glass with a fine wickedness you will surely enjoy. Before writing his first book Practical Demonkeeping in 1992, Moore had been a grocery clerk, insurance broker, waiter, a roofer, and amongst other things a rock and roll DJ.… Read more →

    Diligence is the mother of good luck ~ Benjamin Franklin “The Biology of Luck” by Jacob M, Appel covers amongst other things what it means to happy, how do we find or make happiness, and why it is important. Published by Elephant Rock Books, the copy I received was paperback, just over 200 pages and included an interview… Read more →

    If You Like Difficulty is one of the most inspiring, intriguing, and perplexing collections of poetry I have read.  Jan Clausen is the author of two previous titles of poetry, as well as two novels and a memoir, Apples and Oranges: My Journey Through Sexual Identity (Houghton Mifflin). Her use and mastery of language in these poems is striking: The diction… Read more →

    Jim Daniels’ book of poems “Birth Marks” follows the growth of a narrator who is taken through the hardships, ailments, and rewards of growing up in the city. This book appears to be a sort of coming-of-age poems about the narrator’s personal life growing up in an urban setting. The poem is divided by four topics: “Mega-Everything”, “Foundation”,… Read more →

William Cirocco published his first full collection of poems in 2007. It was published by Harbor Mountain Press in Brownsville Vermont. The poems are akin to an asteroid in that they express a barrenness akin to the void of space and the subjects that hurtle past space on a cosmic shuttle.  Held within this book are a number of poems… Read more →