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Tag: Nick Sweeney

Review: Nick Sweeney on Found Audio by N.J. Campbell

N.J. Campbell’s Found Audio is the new Pandora’s Box of weird contemporary fiction. It forces the reader to grapple the … More

Found Audio, N.J. Campbell, Nick Sweeney, Two Dollar Radio

Review: Nick Sweeney on The History of the Future by Edward McPherson

I made the mistake of reading The History of the Future before I went to bed. It was a mistake … More

Coffee House Press, Edward McPherson, Nick Sweeney, The History of the Future

The Gloaming, a novel by Melanie Finn, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

Good writers conjure characters from the dust and ink. Great writers can resurrect them. Melanie Finn can certainly drag a … More

Melanie Finn, Nick Sweeney, The Gloaming, Two Dollar Radio

Big Lonesome, short stories by Joseph Scapellato, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

Joseph Scapellato’s collection is a lot of things: risky, honest, and romantic. Big Lonesome will turn your idea of the … More

Big Lonesome, Joseph Scapellato, Mariner Books, Nick Sweeney

Review: Nick Sweeney on Mourner’s Bench by Sanderia Faye

This is not a “Civil Rights Movement” novel. This is a novel in which the Civil Rights Movement occurs around … More

Mourner's Bench, Nick Sweeney, Sanderia Faye, University of Arkansas Press

Review: Nick Sweeney on Of This New World by Allegra Hyde

All writers want to create new worlds. Good writers want to explore new worlds. Great writers want to expose new … More

Allegra Hyde, Nick Sweeney, Of This New World, The John Simmons Short Fiction Award, University of Iowa Press

United States of Japan, a novel by Peter Tieryas, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

We owe Philip K. Dick a lot. With every sentence he wrote, Dick helped many writers and readers break through … More

Angry Robot, Nick Sweeney, Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

The Secret Games of Words, stories by Karen Stefano, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

Writers should excel to be more than simple transcribers of thought and action; they should be the stethoscope of every … More

1Glimpse Press, Karen Stefano, Nick Sweeney, The Secret Games of Words

Nick Sweeney on With Animal, a collaborative short story collection by Carol Guess & Kelly Magee

Fiction shows the humanity of our own nature. It’s a reflection of what is and what could be. With Animal, … More

Black Lawrence Press, Carol Guess, Kelly Magee, Nick Sweeney, With Animal

The Glacier, a cinematic novel by Jeff Wood, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

The blend between novels and other mediums is not new. Prose poems, poetic novels, fictional histories … there is constant … More

Jeff Wood, Jeff Wood. Columbus, Jeff Wood’s, Nick Sweeney, novel, Ohio, The Glacier, Two Dollar Radio

The Story of My Teeth, a novel by Valeria Luiselli, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

Translations are often beautiful and alluring for myriad reasons. They offer a glimpse of a different language and structure, they are … More

Christina MacSweeney, Coffee House Press, Highway, Nick Sweeney, The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli

Review: Nick Sweeney on Upright Beasts by Lincoln Michel

Short story collections, especially those containing a multitude of stories, are difficult to gauge. How much constitutes a good or … More

Coffee House Press, Lincoln Michel, Nick Sweeney, Upright Beasts

Coyote, a novella by Colin Winnette, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

Subtly vicious and slowly heartbreaking, Coyote by Colin Winnette is a splinter that strikes a major nerve making your whole … More

Colin Winnette, Coyote, Les Figues Press, Nick Sweeney

Noir: A Love Story, a novel by edward j rathke, reviewed by Nick Sweeney

There is something to be said about authors who manage to publish their first writings. There are always tales of … More

Civil Coping Mechanisms, Edward J. Rathke, Nick Sweeney, Noir: A Love Story

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