Interviews and Reviews
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Review of Parneshia Jones’ Vessel
by Amanda Huynh In her debut poetry collection, Parneshia Jones leads her readers through a young black girl’s coming-of-age journey, and describes the transformation of her ties between family members, lovers, and society. Jones organizes the book into a five-sectioned… Read more
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Review of Michael Whites’ Travels in Vermeer
by Emily Howell Longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction, Michael White’s memoir Travels in Vermeer documents White’s journey to reconnect with the inner self through the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. In the middle of a divorce and custody… Read more
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Review of Kent Harufs’ Our Souls at Night
by Maggie Libby Davis For the last two years since my father passed, I’ve been looking for a sweet laid-back book for my mother as she simply doesn’t have the stomach for much drama, particularly of the heart-breaking variety. I… Read more
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Review of Neil Gaiman’s Trigger Warning
by Tyler Beckett Neil Gaiman lets his novels take meandering paths, like the long road trips in American Gods, even as the stories move towards conflict and highly personal drama. The author’s wandering style lets him introduce many characters and… Read more
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Review of Mary Karr’s Art of Memoir
by Emily Howell American poet, essayist and best-selling memoirist, Mary Karr, released a new book this September, The Art of Memoir. In it, she combines her expertise as both a professor and a writer and provides the reader with a… Read more
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Review of Major Jackson’s Roll Deep
by Amanda Huynh In his fourth poetry collection, Major Jackson’s poems stretch from intimate urban settings to child soldiers at war in Kenya. His poems capture the essence of humanity, the minuscule to the grand, in vivid details. Jackson takes… Read more