Five things I learned while writing PARAISO

by | Aug 10, 2016 | Five Things

This book is the second with the same editor. The first, Full Fathom Five, was non-fiction, Paraiso is fiction. I found that the same editor was much more invasive and persnickety with fiction, even down to punctuation. I happen to love ellipses (…) and he hates them....

Review of Rough Trade by Todd Robinson

by | Aug 9, 2016 | Reviews

ROUGH TRADE Todd Robinson August 8, 2016 Polis Books Todd Robinson has an odd way about him. When you begin a “Boo and Junior Gig,” the world doesn’t seem quite real. Certain dialogue is unlikely. Certain characters could never exist in our world. Yet, it works. By...

Review of Please Kill Me

by | Aug 8, 2016 | Reviews

PLEASE KILL ME Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain Grove Press 1996/20th Anniversary Edition 8/6/2016 I remember the exact first time I saw this book. It was 1996 and I had cut school and gone to Harvard Square. This filthy gutter punk girl was sitting outside the T...