Clancy McGilligan’s History of an Executioner details the everyday routine and duties of a small town’s executioner. Set in a … More
Tag: Miami University Press
TEMPER CA, a novella by Paul Skenazy, reviewed by Hayley Neiling
With the death of her grandfather, Joy Temper returns to the small mining town of Temper, CA. Temper is the … More
“Ghosts in the Trees”: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s novella DAY OF ALL SAINTS by Rachel C. Reeher
In Patricia Grace King’s Day of All Saints, a young Martín Silva de Choc meets Abby, an American student studying abroad … More
Velvet & Paint: Review of Tara Deal’s THAT NIGHT ALIVE
In Tara Deal’s That Night Alive, a young crypto-reporter pulls us backward through her life as a writer by way … More
One Time I Met a Swaggering Expat in a Japanese Convenience Store Who Gave Me a Lecture on His Theory of Novels: An Interview with Tote Hughes
In reading Tote Hughes’ novella Fountain (Miami University Press), I was taken by the quirky, beautiful timelessness of the prose … More
Five-and-Five: Okla Elliott’s 2012 List
I love lists. I make them for any number of reasons. They help me organize my thoughts or review events, … More