Author Archives for Sam

Sounds of Your Name, by Nate Powell

August 1, 2009 2:39 am Published by Comments Off on Sounds of Your Name, by Nate Powell

A collection of all of Powell’s work to the date of its publication (in this way it duplicates his earlier... View Article


I Shot a Man in Reno, by Graeme Thompson

July 28, 2009 2:35 am Published by Comments Off on I Shot a Man in Reno, by Graeme Thompson

This meditation on popular music’s treatment of death through the decades has some solid moments ? especially the chapters on... View Article


The Pesthouse, by Jim Crace

July 11, 2009 2:30 am Published by Comments Off on The Pesthouse, by Jim Crace

I can’t think of a living writer who crafts more meticulous, beautiful prose than Crace. Everything is alive in his... View Article


Knockemstiff, by Donald Ray Pollock

July 2, 2009 2:09 am Published by Comments Off on Knockemstiff, by Donald Ray Pollock

Not a set of short stories to make you happy. Apocalyptically dark, gloomy stories about a rural Ohio town from... View Article


Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O’Nan

June 30, 2009 2:08 am Published by Comments Off on Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O’Nan

Some days I really miss working high school/college jobs, at movie theaters, Staples, and restaurants. They weren’t necessarily good jobs,... View Article