Reviews are being scribbled as I type (well, not while I type this, but in all other spare moments that I'm not calling bookstores and replying to emails). They are coming soon, but in the mean time, I recommend the following:
Radiant Days by Michael A. Fitzgerald (Shoemaker & Hoard)
The Farther Shore by Matthew Eck (Milkweed)
Signed, Mata Hari by Yannick Murphy (Little, Brown)
Then there was my swing into L.A. writers:
Rules for Saying Goodbye by Katherine Taylor (FSG)
The Water Cure by Percival Everett (Graywolf)
The Interloper by Antoine Wilson (Handsel)
Zeroville by Steve Erickson (Europa)
and then back out of L.A.:
The Musical Illusionist by Alex Rose (Hotel St. George)
Spring Tides by Jacques Poulin translated by Sheila Fischman (Archipelago)
Lost Men by Brian Leung (Shaye Areheart)
Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy (Graywolf)
The Boy Who Killed Caterpillars by Joshua Kornreich (Marick)
The Understory by Pamela Erens (Ironweed Press)
Stories from the Afterlife by Quinn Dalton (Press 53)
Now you see why I'm so far behind on my reviews, I've been reading excellent books!
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