I’ve been bad about writing reviews in 2013. I’ve read so many good books and most were by writers I’m lucky enough to know, either well or fleetingly on social media. Anyway, I do HIGHLY recommend these books and the work of all of these writers and their disparate and necessary voices (I’ve also read & blurbed a number of incredible books forthcoming in 2014, but I’ll write about them later):
“The Merrill Diaries” (a flash novel) by Susan Tepper
“The Tide King” (novel) by Jen Michalski
“Cinéma Vérité” (poetry collection) by Sam Rasnake
“All The Roads That Lead From Home” (collection) by Anne Leigh Parrish
“Beyond Blue” (collection) by Meg Tuite
“Microtones” (collection) by Robert Vaughan
“The Virgins” (novel) by Pamela Erens
“Whatever Don’t Drown Will Always Rise” (collection) by Justin Daugherty
“Musical Chairs” (memoir) by Jen Knox
“Watering Heaven” (collection) by Peter Tieryas
“Is That You, John Wayne?” (collection) by Scott Garson
“Conversations with S. Teri O’Type” (collection) by Christopher Allen
“May We Shed These Human Bodies” (collection) by Amber Sparks
“Magical Neon Sexuality” (collection) by Kevin Fanning
“Thank You for Your Sperm” (collection) by Marcus Speh
“The Whack-Job Girls” (collection) by Bonnie ZoBell
Also, read late 2012, but I wanted to mention again: “Beneath the Liquid Skin” by Berit Ellingsen. Another book I read and blurbed in August, 2012 but that was actually published in 2013 was Myfanwy Collins’ short story collection, “I Am Holding Your Hand.” These are both great collections I recommend highly as well!