CetoriainThe CoilDifferent Versions of the Truth: On Melanie Hobson’s ‘Summer Cannibals’Hobson’s entertaining novel is a multi-perspective tale of self-obsessed people behaving badly.Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
CetoriainThe CoilThe Painful Process of Adulthood: On Melissa Grunow’s ‘I Don’t Belong Here’Grunow tackles tough times with tenderness, honesty, and a vulnerability that is disarming and difficult to come by.Sep 1, 2018Sep 1, 2018
CetoriainThe CoilSurvival & Hope: On Jon Pineda's 'Let's No One Get Hurt'Pineda's modern Southern Gothic novel talks about independence, parental flaws, hard times, and overcoming the odds.Aug 18, 2018Aug 18, 2018
CetoriainThe CoilInexplicable Evil: On Christobel Kent's 'The Crooked House'Kent's novel contains the essential elements of a good psychological thriller: anticipation, fear, and a heroine to place your bets on.Jun 21, 2018Jun 21, 2018
CetoriainThe CoilMystery and Mental Illness: On Julia Dixon Evans’ ‘How to Set Yourself on Fire’Evans’ characters battle depression and search for their own identities while solving a family mystery.May 6, 2018May 6, 2018
CetoriainThe CoilMusic as Muse: On Megan Falley’s ‘Bad Girls, Honey (Poems about Lana Del Rey)’Falley’s poems address her muse as a human, while elevating the importance of her art and inspiration.Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
CetoriainThe CoilOn Tama Janowitz’s ‘Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction’Janowitz leaves out crucial parts of her life in her memoir, but talks with heart about the care and death of her mother.Nov 24, 20171Nov 24, 20171
CetoriainThe CoilOn Joanna Valente’s ‘Xenos’Valente’s latest chapbook offers a lyrical narrative that explores the heavy weight of history through the eyes of immigrants.Aug 31, 2017Aug 31, 2017
CetoriainThe CoilOn Alysse Near’s ‘Fairytales for Wilde Girls’Sad, lonely girls everywhere will recognize a kindred spirit in the clever words & inner angst of Allyse Near’s novel.Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
CetoriainThe CoilOn Patricia Lockwood’s ‘Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals’Patricia Lockwood’s poetry collection is a feast of strangeness, abhorrence, and humor.Oct 25, 2016Oct 25, 2016