Raider of the Scottish Coast

Raider of the Scottish Coast

I really enjoyed reading Raiders of the Scottish Coast by Marc Liebman. The story is of the coming of age of two young men: one in the Royal Navy of England, and one in the fledgling Navy of the United States. It takes place during the early days of the Revolutionary...
The Best American Poetry 2020 (The Best American Poetry series)

The Best American Poetry 2020 (The Best American Poetry series)

Perhaps it is my age or my preference for a different style, but the latest collection of The Best of American Poetry 2020, guest-edited by Paisley Rekdal reads less like a collection of poems and more like a series of overly long, unedited, despairing observations...
Age of Consent: A Novel

Age of Consent: A Novel

Despite her artistic parents’ total inability to manage money, Justine Rubin finds herself beginning her sophomore year of high school at the Connecticut boarding school Griswold Academy. It is 1983, everything is accessible in New York if you know the right people,...
Life Behind Bars Vol. I

Life Behind Bars Vol. I

A coffee table book, exhibiting superlative photography; glossily hard-covered and glossy throughout. It is nine inches high, eleven inches wide, about a half-inch thick. Full-page photographs bleed to the edges of pages, lending impact to exhibited plates when the...