January 16, 2014
Book Review: Alex Skolnick’s Geek to Guitar Hero
Alex Skolnick, the talented lead guitarist of thrash metal band Testament and jazz band The Alex Skolnick Trio recently wrote an autobiography Geek to Guitar…
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October 15, 2013
The Cape of Death
A short piece from an upcoming collection tentatively titled Violas and Violets. The phenomenon weeps in the city by the water. A veil; a…
July 9, 2013
Interview with Craig Lewis, Author of Better Days – A Mental Health Recovery Workbook
I’d like to start off by saying I really respect what you’re doing – openly talking about punk rock (and, I’m going out on a…
November 26, 2012
I Like Them Hard and Old (It’s A Book Rant, Stupid!)
So, I’m officially playing the part of a Victorian housewife here, reviewing a set of books that came out at least 140 years ago. I’m…
June 11, 2012
Cool Drinks and Cheap Reads at the Friends Book Shop
What’s just as good as reading a library book for free? Buying a new book for two dollars and not having to return it….
April 1, 2012
Twenty Soundtracks to Twenty Different Lives: A Review of the Essay Collection Heavy Rotation
An old roommate of mine worked for a company that organized trade conferences, and one day he came home from a publishing conference with a…
March 10, 2012
An Assortment of Colorful Words: Peter Richards’ Nude Siren
If any of you read my last book review on James Tate’s A Worshipful Company of Fletchers, you know that I’ve readily admitted that I…