I read about 80 books this year. I thought I was going to hit 100, but I had a terrifically…
Book Law for Authors by Mary Hutchings Reed and David Creasey This is an excellent summary of the basic legal issues…
Out Across the Nowhere by Amy Willoughby-Burle This is a very short collection of very short stories. The characters are at…
Sticklebacks and Snow Globes by B.A. Goodjohn One of the things that makes this novel (novel in stories?) unique is its…
The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel by Christopher Tilghman This novel–the first book I’ve read by Tilghman–was one of the three finalists…
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein Judging by comments I’ve heard about this…
The Yellow Birds: A Novel by Kevin Powers Last Saturday, I won the 2013 Library of Virginia Award for Fiction. I…
A Fingerprint Repeated by Jeffrey Condran. Isn’t this a great cover? But besides that, I really enjoyed several of the stories…
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina This middle-grade novel by a my friend Meg Medina is excellent.…
Blacksnake at the Family Reunion: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets) by David Huddle I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of poems by David…