AUTHOR INTERVIEWS—FICTION—MEMOIR—PARENTING—POETRY—SHORT FICTION—TRAVEL—YA (YOUNG ADULT)
“In Conversation with Tim O'Brien: 'America Fantastica,' A Wild Ride, Lies Like Wildfire, & A (Final?) Novel Worth Waiting For"
“One of the most thoughtful reviews of my work I’ll likely have the pleasure of reading”—TOB
Fiction
"Anne Hathaway Fulfills the Boy Band Fantasy of Our Dreams in 'The Idea of You'"
On Robinne Lee’s The Idea of You
"Out Now: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen"
On Danielle L. Jensen’s A Fate Inked in Blood
"In Conversation with Tim O’Brien: ‘America Fantastica,’ A Wild Ride, Lies Like Wildfire, & A Novel Worth Waiting For"
On Tim O’Brien’s America Fantasica
“One of the most thoughtful reviews of my work I’ll likely have the pleasure of reading”—TOB
"A Fairy Tale Worthy of a King"
On Stephen King’s Fairy Tale
“Gone Girl Meets Little Fires Everywhere in Jean Hanff Korelitz’ The Plot"
On Jean Hanff Korelitz’ The Plot
A Striking Portrayal of Mother-Daughter Duo Versus the California Reich"
On Susan Elia MacNeal’s Mother Daughter Traitor Spy
“We’ll Never Know What We’re Leaving Behind"
On Claire Fuller’s Swimming Lessons
“The Surrealist and Bodily Nature of Grief: Reading Kristin Bair O’Keeffe’s The Art of Floating”
On Kristin Bair O’Keefe’s The Art of Floating
“The Two (or More?) Sides of Friendship: Reading Rufi Thorpe’s The Girls from Corona del Mar”
On Rufi Thorpe’s The Girls from Corona del Mar
“A Unique Design of Women and Culture: Reading Desiree Zamorano’s The Amado Women”
On Desiree Zamorano’s The Amado Women
Memoir
“'I'd Rather Be Dead Than Deaf': An Unflinching Glimpse into One Teen's World of Art, Poetry, Music, Family, & Liver Cancer"
On I’d Rather Be Dead Than Deaf: A Young Woman’s Journey with Liver Cancer by E. Adrienne Wilson and Edited by Andrea Wilson Woods
“Out Now: The Inspirational 'Dear Starving Artist, Get Something to Eat' by Actor Ransford Doherty and Screenwriter Angie J. Sanders"
On Ransford Doherty and Angie J. Sanders’s Dear Starving Artist, Get Something to Eat
“Geena Davis Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes of Dangerous Politeness"
On Geena Davis’s Dying of Politeness
“Her Heart of Hearts & The Art of Discovery: Reading Jackie Haze’s Borderless,”
On Jackie Haze’s Borderless
“Poetic Advice from a Mother to a Mother-to-Be: Reading Molly Sutton Kiefer’s Nestuary,”
On Molly Sutton Kiefer’s Nestuary
Parenting
“Preparing the Way for My Daughter through Books”
On Lori Day’s Her Next Chapter: How Mother-Daughter Book Clubs Can Help Girls Navigate Malicious Media, Risky Relationships, Girl Gossip, and So Much More
“Transforming Her Power, Her Beauty, Her Image: Reading Rebecca Hains’ The Princess Problem,”
On Rebecca Hains’ The Princess Problem
Poetry
“Celebrate With Lit Shark: Sandra Noel's 'Into the Under'"
On Sandra Noel’s Into the Under
“Dickinson & One-Thousand Rages: An Interview wiht 'Armed to the Teeth' Poet, Ellen Hirning Schmidt"
On Ellen Hirning Schmidt’s Armed to the Teeth
“Poetry That Makes You Feel Something: 'Someone Somewhere Maybe' & An Exclusive Interview with TikTok Sensation Sophie Diener
On Sophie Diener’s Someone Somewhere Maybe
“Celebrate Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas' Latest Book with Lit Shark: 'A Shared and Sacred Space'"
On Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas’ A Shared and Sacred Space
“Longing, Familial Ties, & Tradition: In Conversation with Poet Millicent Borges Accardi & 'Through a Grainy Landscape'"
On Millicent Borges Accardi’s Through a Grainy Landscape
“From Grieving for 'Seven Years' to Drowning in 'Treading Water,' Alyssa Harmon's Hope-Infused Poetry Should Not Be Missed"
On Alyssa Harmon’s Treading Water
“With Equal Power and Vulnerability for 'Seven Years,' Alyssa Harmon is Holding Space Among Confessional Poets"
On Alyssa Harmon’s Seven Years
“'Wing Strokes Haiku,' An Interview with Amy Losak, Honoring Sybil Rosenberg, & Other Books for Mother's Day"
On Wing Strokes Haiku by Amy Losak and Sybil Rosenberg
“We're Rattled by Patrick T. Reardon's 'Puddin',' Poetry Written By a Baby"
On Patrick T. Reardon’s Puddin’: The Autobiography of a Baby: A Memoir in Prose Poems
“The (Im)precision of Language, Nature, & Violence"
On Shaindel Beers’ Secure Your Own Mask
“Clark Kent is a Super Hipster: The Art of Finding Beauty in the Absurd & the Mundane: Reading Shawnte Orion’s The Existentialist Cookbook"
On Shawnte Orion’s The Existentialist Cookbook
“Grief as Meditation, Grief as Art: Reading Meg Day’s Last Psalm at Sea Level"
On Meg Day’s Last Psalm at Sea Level
“The Phobia, the Philia, and the Altered Persona"
On Jessica Piazza’s Interrobang
“Poetry That Invites Gratefulness in the Midst of Darkness and Blood: A Review of Louder Birds by Angela Voras-Hills"
On Angela Voras-Hills’ Louder Birds
“We Could Do Better, You and I: Ecology, Design and Poetry: Reading Betsy Andrews’ The Bottom"
On Betsy Andrews’ The Bottom
“’My Face Resembles / The One Reflected in the Water’: Reading David Dodd Lee’s And Others, Vaguer Presences"
On David Dodd Lee’s And Others, Vaguer Presences
“’Black Light / Her Name in a Cup’: Scenes & Impressions: Reading David Dodd Lee’s Animalities"
On David Dodd Lee’s Animalities
“‘This is Not a Pipe’: The Powers of Nature & Grief over Perception & Definition: Reading Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude"
On Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
“Dialogue of the Body, Dialogue of a Storm: Reading Sandra Marchetti’s Confluence"
On Sandra Marchetti’s Confluence
“The Way Poetry Evokes Things / Only Potentially There”: Perception, Identity & Heritage
On Allan Peterson’s Precarious
“The Waking, Danger & Consent of the Body & Love: Reading Lisa Mangini’s Bird Watching at the End of the World"
On Lisa Mangini’s Bird Watching at the End of the World
“Journeying Through the Fear Tactic That Is the Subtle & the Severe: Reading Sarah Rose Nordgren’s Best Bones"
On Sarah Rose Nordgren’s Best Bones
“Stages of Fear & Domestication: Reading Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Some Fatal Effects of Curiosity and Disobedience"
On Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Some Fatal Effects of Curiosity and Disobedience
“Costume or Skin, A Reckoning: Reading Laura Madeline Wiseman’s American Galatic"
On Laura Madeline Wiseman’s American Galactic
“Grief as Celebration & Grief as Beauty: Reading Michalle Gould’s Resurrection Party"
On Michelle Gould’s Resurrection Party
“The Snapping Open of a Valve/A Bird’s Egg"
On Kerrin McCadden’s Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes
Short Fiction
Travel
"A Delicious and Honest Look into the Joys, Tastes, Experiences - and Risks - that an American Expat Faces when Living in Another Country"
On Jennifer Artley’s Improvising in Italian: A Memoir
YA / Young Adult
“The Power of Grief, The Power of Hallucination, The Power of YA Literature"
On Rebekah Crane’s Aspen
“Your Next YA Graphic Novel is Sprinkled with Spooks, Awkward Love, and Magic"
On Balazs Lorinczi’s Doughnuts and Doom
“If You Loved 'The Pagemaster' and 'The NeverEnding Story,' Read 'Edwin and the Quest for Drow' by Gordon C. Allan Next!"
On Gordon C. Allan’s Edwin and the Quest for Drow
“The 'Charlie's Story' Series: Let's Give Octopi Another Look"
On Ann R. McNicol’s Charlie’s Story, The Nest, Tentacles, and Cyanea
“A Unique & YA-Friendly Look at Cancer Treatment & Remission, Race & Privilege, & Living Life to the Fullest"
On Tori Martin’s The Summer of Us
“Join Lit Shark in Celebrating Life on National Rainbow Baby Day with Morgan Danielle's Incredible 'What Took You So Long, Little One?'"
On Morgan Danielle’s What Took You So Long, Little One?: A Story for the Mommas Who Had to Wait
“Moving Forward, Moving Back: Reading Jason Odell Williams’ Personal Statement"
On Jason Odell Williams’ Personal Statement
