360 Main Street Book Reviews

"Swerve" by Bruce Cohen

2010-08-14T08:43:00.000-07:00

Black Lawrence Press published this book in 2010, this year, see? This is how we do our stuff at 360 Main Street. Keeping abreast of the latest in fiction, poetry, and on and on is our thing. Your thing is the other half of the conversation. Your thing is talking back. Your thing is reading more about the book here: http://blacklawrence.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/swerve-by-bruce-cohen-3/ then contacting us and reviewing it. Get it? Isn't it awesome and simple?

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"Dear Sandy, Hello" Letters from Ted to Sandy Berrigan

2010-08-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

"Dear Sandy, Hello" is a collection of letters between Ted and Sandy Berrigan. It's a rich slice of literary history, a first hand eavesdropping, a glimpse into a not too distant politically charged past, a love story. If you are familiar with Ted Berrigan's work, you will find this insightful. If you aren't familiar with Ted Berrigan's work, get familiar. There is a little more information over here: http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781566892490/dear-sandy-hello-letters-from-ted-to-sandy-berrigan.aspx And if you are interested in reviewing, as always, contact us at Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com. Thanks.

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"Bartleby, the Sportscaster" by Ted Pelton

2010-08-10T11:50:00.000-07:00

From Subito Press, we have Ted Pelton's "Bartleby, the Sportscaster" available for review. Subito tells us a little about the book here: http://www.subitopress.org/Pelton/bartleby.html. And you should also check out Ted Pelton's own Starcherone Press here: http://www.starcherone.com Innovative fiction is alive and well.
Contact us if you would like to review "Bartleby, the Sportscaster" or any of the books in Starcherone's lineup.

"Working Words" edited by M.L. Liebler

2010-08-10T11:28:00.000-07:00

This book is subtitled "Punching the Clock and Kicking out the Jams," and includes work by Eminem and Emily Dickinson, Jack White and Michael Moore, Bob Dylan and Diane Wakoski and so many awesome others. The foreword is written by Ben "Rivethead" Hamper. You can learn a bit more over at SPD http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781566892483/working-words-punching-the-clock-and-kicking-out-the-jams.aspx and at Coffee House Press http://www.coffeehousepress.org/ You can contact us at Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com if you are interested in reviewing it.

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Made in Michigan Series

2010-08-10T09:36:00.000-07:00

Wayne State University Press highlights Michigan authors in its Made in Michigan Series and 360 Main Street couldn't be more excited. Why not click on over to http://wsupress.wayne.edu/mmws to read a snippet about these books. As always, contact us at Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com should you want to review any of these three
books.
"As if We Were Prey" by Michael Delp
"Eden Springs" by Laura Kasischke
"An American Map" by Anne-Marie Oomen

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"Town" by Kate Schapira

2010-08-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

Look at the bird-person on the maps on the cover. Consider the fact that this comes to us from Factory School. Read a little about it at http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781600010651/town.aspx then do the right thing. Contact us to review "Town" by Kate Schapira.

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"Shoulder Season" by Ange Mlinko

2010-08-10T08:55:00.000-07:00

Coffee House Press gives its readers "exacting virtuosic lyrics on surviving tough times" in Angle Mlinko's book "Shoulder Season." Information about the book is available here: http://www.coffeehousepress.org/shoulderseason.as p

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"Horse, Flower, Bird" by Kate Bernheimer

2010-08-10T08:40:00.000-07:00

"Horse, Flower, Bird" is a collection of stories which reinvents the fairy tale. Coming to us from Coffee House Press, this book is levitating over my kitchen table. It's that good. Check it over here:

http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781566892476/horse-flower-bird.aspx

Contact us at Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com and tell us you want to review it!

"Gaze" by Martha Reed

2010-08-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

360 Main Street is happy to announce that Martha Reed's "Gaze" is available for review. Published on Black Radish Books, this has been called "an audacious and necessary book." More information about Gaze is available at http://dailyspress.blogspot.com/2010/01/gaze-martha-reed-black-radish.html. Check it out! Then contact us via Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com if you are interested in reviewing. Thanks.

Welcome!

2010-03-22T05:44:00.000-07:00

360 Main Street, an online magazine based in Mid-Michigan, is an excellent source
for art, culture, and grassroots community news.

In recent weeks, reviewers have discussed books by authors as diverse as Donna de la Perriere, Laura Pritchett, and Tiphanie Yanique. 360 Main Street also has many more books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction available for review.

We are currently looking for reviewers for the following books:

Rudolph Arnheim's The Power of Center.

Ana Bozicevic's Stars of the Night Commute.

Paul R. Linde's Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an E.R. Psychiatrist.

Todd Davis' The Least of These.

Fred McGavran's The Butterfly Collector.

Nathan Hauke's In the Living Room.

Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno's Slamming Open the Door.

Keith Taylor's If the World Becomes So Bright.

Brian Turner's Phantom Noise.

Jean Valentine's Lucy.

G.C. Waldrep's Archicembalo.

Raul Zurita's Purgatory.

Paul Killebrew's Flowers.

John Beer's The Wasteland and Other Poems.

Suzanne Buffman's The Irrationalist.

If you are interested in reviewing any of these books, or if you have another book you would like to review for 360 Main Street, please contact the Book Review Editor, Michael Sikkema, at Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com.

If any authors or presses would like to contact 360 Main Street about a possible review, please also direct your correspondence to Michael Sikkema at Michael.Sikkema@gmail.com.