By examining the recurrence of his invented form, the duplex, throughout The Tradition, poets at any stage of their writing can learn how to put together a cohesive manuscript small presses want to publish.
Tag: Books
Review: Disease of Kings by Anders Carlson-Wee
With Disease of Kings (W.W. Norton, 2023), Anders Carlson-Wee has truly come into his own as a storyteller, detailing the lives of a speaker based on himself and his friend North in poignant and amusing detail.
Review: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
The Reformatory, Tananarive Due’s 2023 novel, integrates cinematic structure to craft an engaging and commercially ready story, invokes deep emotions, and presents essential beats vital for captivating storytelling.
Deaf & Blind: A Book Review
Paul Hostovsky’s fifteenth collection — and fifth from Main Street Rag — Deaf & Blind, is a rare find. With humor and humility, the Massachusetts author leads hearing and sighted readers through his life thus far as an American Sign Language interpreter and student, as well as the relative and friend of many Deaf and DeafBlind people, in the form of poems and stories.
Holiday Book Sale!
All my books are on sale at redsweaterpress.com/store through Monday night, 11:59 p.m. AKST, November 30!
Banned/Alaska Book Week DISCOUNTS!
If you haven't already seen/read/purchased my books, now is the time! Starting today, you can get a discount on any or all of my seven titles.
On Speaking Terms: A Review
What Connie Wanek does best in her third book, On Speaking Terms, is relate to her audience.
TBT: Life’s Lessons (Review)
LIFE'S LESSONS is an honest account of the things we least like to to talk about, the stains we keep covered up for years after The Incident.
Fiction Friday: Gone Girl
What impresses me most about this book is it's crazy but clear logic — the skill with which Flynn is able to orchestrate this insane narrative and the meticulous planning she must have done to make this story work.
A Brief but Necessary Update
Warning: This post may be insufficient for some readers. I've been back from Rwanda for a week now and "real life" is starting to feel normal again. However, I'm still, tragically, at a loss for words when it comes to letting my friends and readers know "how it went." I guess we who go on… Continue reading A Brief but Necessary Update
Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum 