by envisionmg | Sep 18, 2015 | Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim Ok, I’ll admit I picked up Ed Greenwood’s Iron Assassin because of the cover. A skull wearing a tattered top hat and high collar coat, with clockwork behind one eye is hard to say no to. It turned out to be a really great story. Some may know Ed...
by envisionmg | Sep 14, 2015 | Reading Intersections, Reading Lists
When we first conceived of the Reading Intersections feature, one of the first books that came to mind was Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. The thing was, I didn’t want to use the too-broad theme of private schools when selecting other titles to pair with...
by envisionmg | Sep 8, 2015 | Fiction, Staff Review
Staff review by Rachel Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies, but this one is unique even by Detroit’s standards: half-boy, half-deer, somehow fused. The cops nickname him “Bambi,” but as stranger and more disturbing bodies are discovered, how can the...
by envisionmg | Sep 5, 2015 | Fiction, Non-fiction, Reading Lists
Words in Air: the Complete Correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell “Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that “you ha[ve] always been my favorite poet and favorite friend.” The feeling was mutual. Bishop said...
by envisionmg | Aug 31, 2015 | Fiction, Reading Intersections
If you’re reading this in hopes of learning more about the city of Lowell, I’m sorry. It’s not that Lowell we’ll be taking a closer look at here. No, this Reading Intersections is all about Boston-born poet and prolific letter writer Robert...
