GregoryalexbertrandWild Swims ReviewThe world is becoming a lonely place to live; even surrounded by other people, even when we have partners and lovers, loneliness persists…May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories ReviewThe fiction world is full of little boxes. There’s the box for literary fiction writers, a box for fantasy writers, one for…May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandMan-Made Horrors Beyond Comprehension: The Dangers of Smoking in Bed ReviewWhat is the point of literature? There are many answers to this question; depending on who you are, one might be more important than the…Mar 6, 2023Mar 6, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandThoughts on Mieko Kawakami’s All the Lovers in the NightNote, this isn’t a review as much as it is a rambling collection of thoughts. Please keep that in mind as you read.Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandThe Best Writer I’ve ever Read: Thoughts on Clarice LispectorOne paragraph. It only took one paragraph for me to fall head over heels in love with Brazilian author Clarice Lispector. The forward to…Feb 13, 2023Feb 13, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandRevenge: Eleven Dark Tales review.Being a contemporary Japanese author must be difficult. No matter your writing style or subject, you’re always in the shadow of Haruki…Jan 18, 2023Jan 18, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandMilk Blood Heat ReviewWhile most Americans, and citizens of the world at large, think of Florida as one big joke, a meme state where “Florida Man” is king, those…Jan 7, 2023Jan 7, 2023
GregoryalexbertrandDear Life ReviewAt this point in her career, what else can be said about Alice Munro? What can I add to the discourse of a writer whose first story…Dec 23, 20221Dec 23, 20221
GregoryalexbertrandThings Remembered and Things Forgotten ReviewMemory is an inherently faulty tool. Add on the passage of time, and decades later, you become the unreliable narrator in your own story…Dec 7, 2022Dec 7, 2022
GregoryalexbertrandThat Old Country Music ReviewAvid readers and fiction fans understand that writers write stories at different paces. I’m not speaking about plotting or story structure…Nov 25, 2022Nov 25, 2022