literary review

• June 12, 2012

  “Bukowski” by Kristine Nodalo

  Bukowski by Kristine Nodalo Charles Bukowski is one of the most prolific and vulgar writers out there. He stood at five feet eleven, often wearing a collared button-down shirt, with a chest pocket consisting of a few pens peeking out of it, covering a beer belly that hung over his waistline–a reminder of his romance…
• May 11, 2012

  Mostly Harmless and May 2nd

  by Ayo Khensu-Ra May 2nd has long held a sort of special aura for me. Improbably I reckoned some years ago that this was the date I picked up a certain book in the Hilo Public Library. While I wouldn’t say that book changed my life, it’s still one of my favorites — a strange mixture…
• May 8, 2012

  “How to Tell a True War Story” by Ava Stewart

  How to Tell a True War Story by Ava Stewart Ava Stewart is a student at CCSF from Santa Cruz, CA. While spending a year in a half in Tucson at the University of Arizona, she studied the works of war author Tim O’Brien during in an English class over the course of a year.…
• April 17, 2012

  Right on the Money: One Dollar Stories by Jessica Garrison

  Right on the Money: One Dollar Stories by Jessica Garrison by Howard Brad Halverson We met at bar in LA. She was introduced to me because I was caught conversating about Georges Bataille the night before, the hostess of the party being so taken aback by this, exclaiming in shock “someone is talking about books…
• January 18, 2011

  Aubrey, Maturin and HMS Surprise by Forum editor HMS Surprise is the third in Patrick O’Brian’s popular and well regarded series of Aubrey/Maturin novels. The series is centered around the lives of  Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey and his close friend naval surgeon and intelligence operative Dr. Stephen Maturin during the Napoleonic War era. HMS…