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Tag: Dave Fitzgerald
The PornME Trinity, the 2nd Edition of David Leo Rice’s novella, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
Though I haven’t ever been able to source the original quote, Chuck Klosterman once shared a borrowed sentiment which has … More
Dave Fitzgerald Reviews Terena Elizabeth Bell’s Story Collection Tell Me What You See
It’s funny. When I scheduled with Heavy Feather last month for this to be my first review of 2023, I … More
Review: Dave Fitzgerald on Cialis, Verdi, Gin, Jag, a novel by Adam Johnson
In my younger and more vulnerable years, I used to have a very bad habit that routinely got me into … More
Birth of Eros, a novel by Debra Di Blasi, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
Size matters. I have yet to forget the first time I read those words, (and yes, in the exact context … More
Dave Fitzgerald on Interrogating the Abyss, collected works by Chris Kelso
What is the abyss? Several years back, I went hiking in the Catskills with my now-wife, my childhood best friend, … More
Cinema, a novel by Samuel Kaye, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
Long before I started writing book reviews, I had a steady (unpaid) gig writing movie reviews (and still contribute occasional, … More
Nympholepsy, a collaborative writing by Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein & Lisa Marie Basile, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
I hope the following statement will come across in the spirit in which it’s intended (i.e. not too pervy) but … More
Anybody Home? a horror novel by Michael J. Seidlinger, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
It’s sometimes disturbing to think about the ways in which traditions evolve. Nothing, after all, starts out as a tradition. … More
The Autodidacts, a novel by Thomas Kendall, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
There is a passage in what I have come to think of as, gun to my head, my all-time favorite … More
David Leo Rice’s New Novel The New House, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
My wife and I still talk often about the term “art monster”—first coined in Jenny Offill’s 2014 novel Dept. of … More
What Are You, a new novel by Lindsay Lerman, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
In some ways, this feels like the book I’ve been waiting for my whole life. I have been calling myself … More
Terminal Park, a novel by Gary J. Shipley, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
How do you write about the meaning behind a book whose core subject is essentially the end of meaning? How … More
Dave Fitzgerald on Jared Joseph’s A Book About Myself Called Hell
One of the first things I did after the initial wave of COVID-19 sent me and my 10,000 some-odd coworkers … More
Dave Fitzgerlad Reviews Amygdalatropolis, a novel by B.R. Yeager
For the first few pages, I thought B.R. Yeager’s Amygdalatropolis was some kind of cyberpunk dystopia. Its protagonist, /1404er/, exists … More