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Volt

Volt

A review of Alan Healthcock’s debut collection Volt from Graywolf Press, 2011, by Lavinia Ludlow.

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Black Hole Blues

Black Hole Blues

Find out exactly what a club sandwich is thinking when you read Patrick Wensink’s Black Hole Blues, described by Maggie Foree as a must-read.

November 30th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Wish You Were Me

Wish You Were Me

Boldness and a willingness to allow total strangers to gawk at her unadorned humanity makes Myriam Gurba’s Wish You Were Me shocking, engaging, and funny.

November 17th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Freight

Freight

A review of Mel Bosworth’s full-length debut novel Freight from Folded Word Press, 2011, by Lavinia Ludlow.

November 7th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Person

Person

A Review of Sam Pinks’s Person from Lazy Fascist Press, 2010, in which critic Rick Klaras discovers he shares much in common with the narrator.

October 12th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Zazen

Zazen

A review of Vanessa Veselka’s novel Zazen, which details the life of Della Mylinak, a post-graduate yoga-practicing misanthropic waitress who navigates through a dystopian existential crisis.

October 6th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Our Beloved 26th

Our Beloved 26th

A Review of Riley Michael Parker’s “Our Beloved 26th” from Future Tense Books, 2009. For Smalldoggies Book Reviews.

October 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

alt.punk

alt.punk

This novel just might make you feel something, and that may end up being difficult. Find out what that is in this review of Lavinia Ludlow’s novel, Alt.Punk.

September 6th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Songs of Vagabonds, Misfits, and Sinners

Songs of Vagabonds, Misfits, and Sinners

A review of Ken Wohlrob’s collection of New York tales Songs of Vagabonds, Misfits, and Sinners by Lavinia Ludlow.

August 18th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Richard Yates

Richard Yates

A Review of Tao Lin’s novel Richard Yates in which Rick Klaras determines that Lin is perhaps not the be-all, end-all future of literature.

August 15th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl

The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl

A Review of Marc Schuster’s novel The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom & Party Girl in which Lavinia Ludlow mostly describes how awesome a writer he is.

July 27th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

Stoked Volume I Online Journal

Stoked Volume I Online Journal

Lavinia Ludlow reviews brand new online journal “Stoked Volume I,” edited by Tyler Gobble and available as of May 2011.

June 6th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews | Read More »

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