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Saturday, August 13, 2016

My Review of Origins of the Universe and What It All Means by Carole Firstman up at River Teeth!!!

I'm very pleased to have my first review ever published at the venerable River Teeth. I review the compelling debut memoir Origins of the Universe and What It All Means by Carole Firstman. Take a few minutes and give it a go!

Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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Saturday, August 6, 2016

My Review of Beatlebone by Kevin Barry up at Page & Spine!!!

Anyone who knows me knows I'm curious about the intersection of rock and roll with the novel form. To me, the rock life is inherently dramatic, and it hasn't yet been overdone in literature. How do we use the long fiction form--where words and not music have to do most if not all of the heavy lifting--in a way that complements what we already know about rock and doesn't take away from it?

With this in mind, I'm very pleased to have my latest review--on the novel Beatlebone by Kevin Barry--up at Page and Spine. Topics explored include John Lennon, scream therapy, and the advantages and disadvantages of making famous people into fictional characters.

Here's the link again.

Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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