Florida Man Fun with Dave Barry’s Swamp Story

Dave Barry has always been an absolute powerhouse in my life as a reader and writer. By the time I … More

Bowie in 2023: #629 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Walter Tevis, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Dan Watters, LAZARUS by David Bowie and Edna Walsh, ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR by Lance Olsen, BOWIE’S BOOKSHELF by John O’Connell, and DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST INTERVIEW 

Over the past few months, after being given a new novel about Bowie’s life to review for The Collidescope (at … More

“Freedom in the Realms of Eccentricity” published at The Collidescope

“Freedom in the Realms of Eccentricity,” Garrett’s review of Lance Olsen’s recently published novel about the final month’s of David … More

The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

I am a huge fan of certain narratives from countries that tend to tell different stories than the tired tropes … More

Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig, Review published

Garrett’s newest off-site review of Jen Craig’s Panthers and the Museum of Fire was published today at The Collidescope. Jen … More

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

I want to start this with a dream that plagued me for most of my marriage. I never talked about … More

A Life Shaped By Trauma, Lessons by Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan’s newest novel breaks down a lot of mores surrounding our culture in the vibrancy of the twentieth century. … More

KosherSoul by Michael W. Twitty

This was one of my favorite books that I read this year. This is Twitty’s second book in what he … More

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

A beautiful book that seems so true to life and vibrant that it feels much more like a memoir than a … More

The Summer of Ulysses – Birmingham’s The Most Dangerous Book and Arroyo’s new illustrated Ulysses

Two books that I made my way through this summer were the newly illustrated Eduardo Arroyo edition of James Joyce’s … More