I first got to know Gina Frangello when I wrote her a fan letter because I loved Slut Lullabies so much. I don’t usually write these, but was so inspired by her work and so taken with the risks this woman writer took, I went ahead and did it anyway, and then met Gina at [...]
From Gently Read Literature Spring 2014 Sometimes in the process of getting engrossed in a truly mesmerizing book, you can’t help but take a sly glance at the author’s photo—even though you’re not supposed to—and wonder if perhaps she's really writing this riveting tale about herself in spite of the fact that it says "novel" on the [...]
Vanessa Gebbie has created a deep and passionate not to mention humorous story in her stunning debut novel, The Coward's Tale. Families and generations and individual tragedies are intermingled and come masterfully to life with her literary prowess. So beautiful and tender is her use of language that the name Dickens comes to mind. Gebbie [...]