She Throws Herself Forward to Stop the Fall By Dave Newman, 192 pgs. Sep 19, 2024 I’ve been following Dave Newman’s work for years. His depictions of America’s working class are stark in their honesty without ever pandering or slipping into schmaltz. The characters that inhabit his world are always a bad break away from …
Category: Reviews
Jan 12
Alan Catlin reviews Dave Newman’s She Throws Herself Forward to Stop the Fall
first published in http://misfitmagazine.net/ Dave Newman, She Throws Herself Forward to Stop the Fall, Roadside Press, Magical Jeep Distribution, available on Amazon, 200 pages, 2024 Poet and prose master Newman scores big in this collection of seven tight stories. While these people don’t know each other, they probably would make instant connections. Most of them are at an …
Jan 10
Alan Catlin reviews Karl Koweski’s Abandoned by All Things
first published in http://misfitmagazine.net/ Karl Koweski, Abandoned by All Things, Roadside Press Distributed by Magical Jeep Distribution, available on Amazon, 2024, 136 pages $15- Koweski’s journey in life travels from the Midwest to the deep South. He observes Alabama’s barely sentient senator Tommy Tuberville as “the mostly evil, largely senseless/senator of Alabama” whose modest credentials for elective office, …
Dec 22
Two Roadside Press titles are reviewed in Rain Taxi Review of Books
Gregory Corso: Ten Times a Poet, edited by Leon Horton and Michele McDannold is reviewed by Patrick James Dunagan “The pressure of fame mixed with a hidden yet inherent shyness drove poet Gregory Corso to adopt a bad-boy persona, fueled by a heroin habit he never could kick and only resisted with the steady aid …
Dec 05
Beatdom publishes review by Ryan Mathews on NIGHT BIRD FLYING by Danny Shot
“Legend has it that it took Jimi Hendrix 32 takes to master his “Night Bird Flying” and that was before multiple overdubs were added. The tune was first presented at the opening party of Jimi’s Electric Lady studio on August 26, 1970. Danny Shot nailed his version in one.” —Ryan Mathews, author Read the …
Dec 02
Review of NIGHT BIRD FLYING published at Sensitive Skin Magazine
“Danny Shot’s Night Bird Flying from Roadside Press is a fierce and poignant collection that captures the grit and tenderness of life on the fringes—where New Jersey meets New York and scars of the past meet the possibility of healing. Shot’s voice is steeped in the dualities of identity, blending humor with heartache and toughness …
Dec 02
Shot of Life: A Review of Danny Shot’s Night Bird Flying by Westley Heine
Shot of Life: A Review of Danny Shot’s Night Bird Flying By Westley Heine first published at the Rusty Truck Like its namesake the Hendrix song “Night Bird Flying,” this collection of stories builds and builds until you think it’s hit a plateau. Then it builds upon itself again. Largely autobiographical, this book is written in a …
Oct 10
Starred Book Review: APOCALYPSING by Jason Anderson
Apocalypsing By Jason Anderson Genre: Science Fiction / Satire Reviewed by Samantha Hui (Independent Book Review) Jason Anderson’s Apocalypsing is a quick-witted, pop-culture savvy, sci-fi satire that is equal parts absurd and introspective. Reviewed by Samantha Hui. Death and the apocalypse is as good a time as any to take charge of your life. Domestic foibles. …
Aug 04
Westley Heine reviews APOCALYPSING by Jason Anderson
A pop culture Book of the Dead, Apocalypsing begins with David, a freshly deceased ghost, who is more self-conscious about his looks rather than upset about being dead. If he knew he was going to die he would have worked out more and dressed up first. This nonchalant humor sets the tone for a journey that …
Jul 04
Alan Catlin reviews THEY SAID I WASN’T COLLEGE MATERIAL by Scot Young
first published in http://misfitmagazine.net/ Scot Young, They Said I Wasn’t College Material, Roadside Press, Magic Jeep Distributing, available on Amazon, 2024, 132 pages, $15 Young’s latest collection is a selected, mostly culled from before 2009. The title comes from an actual conversation with a guidance counselor who failed to see Young’s potential as a student. Scot, in …
