A Review of RUIN by Cara Hoffman

A Review of RUIN by Cara Hoffman

RUIN by Cara HoffmanPMP Press, 2022.                   “And I was silent, ecstatic in the cradle of real things.”—Retouch/Switch I met Cara Hoffman in 1999 when we were featured...
A Review of RUIN by Cara Hoffman

Review of ALL BACK FULL by Robert Lopez

All Back Full by Robert Lopez Dzanc books. 2017.   Robert Lopez’s All Back Full is the most nihilistic book I’ve read in years. It is a remarkable achievement, especially if one measures an artistic achievement by its completeness of vision and demonstration of...
A Review of RUIN by Cara Hoffman

Review of PULL ME UNDER by Kelly Luce

Pull Me Under By Kelly Luce FSG. 2016.   Back when I taught English in Japan, the worst thing that happened to me was being denied entrance to a few restaurants. Kelly Luce, author of Pull Me Under (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux), wasn’t so lucky. In this New York...
A Review of RUIN by Cara Hoffman

Review of THE LOSS OF ALL LOST THINGS by Amina Gautier

The Loss of All Lost Things by Amina Gautier Elixir Press. 2015. Maybe there is no hierarchy of suffering, no hierarchy of loss. Then again, of course there is. In “Lost and Found,” the first story in Amina Gautier’s lovely collection, The Loss of All Lost Things, a...
A Review of RUIN by Cara Hoffman

Review of DESOLATION OF AVENUES UNTOLD by Brandon Hobson

Desolation of Avenues Untold by Brandon Hobson Civil Coping Mechanisms. 2015. I’m probably not the intended audience for Desolation of Avenues Untold, by Brandon Hobson, though my experience of reading the book was singular. It’s a decidedly unusual work of fiction, a...