A Model Year

After some delay, Amazon now has my book in stock. You can order it here.

Or, you can order through Coconut's site here.

February Book Reviews at NewPages

This morning, the February book reviews went live at NewPages. Follow this link to read the following:

John Madera on Joseph Young's Easter Rabbit
Marthe Reed on Christine Hume's Shot
Christina Hall on Graciela Limon's The River Flows North
Roy Wang on Sabrina Orah Mark's Tsim Tsum
Gina Myers on Sarah O'Brien's Catch Light
Laura Pryor on Lori Ostlund's The Bigness of the World
Alex Myers on Perry Glasser's Dangerous Places
Elizabeth Townsend on Lucha Corpi's Death at Solstice

Thanks to all the contributors for these great reviews!

Review of Robert Lopez's latest novel

Kimberly King Parsons reviews Robert Lopez's Kamby Bolongo Mean River at 360 Main Street. I just got a copy of this book and am looking forward to reading it! You can read Kimberly's review here.

Last Friday at Court Street Gallery

Tonight, Court Street Gallery is hosting its first Last Friday event. The monthly series will take place on the last Friday of each month, and it will feature live music and poetry. Tonight's event starts at 7:00 with music by Jim Pagel. The poetry readings will get underway around 7:30, with readings by Skip Renker, Christi Griffis, and Robert Fanning. There is a $3.00 charge at the door.

You can read more about the event in the Valley Vanguard or on 360 Main Street. Also, you can get the poets' bios here.

Though tonight's event features a number of local poets, the series will regularly be bringing in poets from out of town, which I am really excited about since there isn't a regular poetry series around here doing that.

Joe Milford Poetry Show

I will be on the Joe Milford Poetry Show tonight at 7PM. You can listen online here.

New at NewPages

I'm very excited to say that I have joined the staff at NewPages as the Book Review Editor. The official announcement just went up on the NewPages blog. I'm looking forward to growing the book review section to hopefully increase the number of book reviews we publish each month as well as add reviews of works of nonfiction to the reviews of fiction and poetry we are already doing.

If you are interested in writing reviews for NewPages, please contact me at ginamyers[AT]newpages[DOT]com.

If you are a press that wishes to send books to be considered for reviews, you can send copies to:

NewPages
PO Box 1580
Bay City, MI 48706

Every book we receive is listed on our "New & Noteworthy" page, from which reviewers select titles from.

Sky Brightly Picked by Jess Mynes

Another book I can't wait to read: Jess Mynes's Sky Brightly Picked, which is now available from Skysill Press. You can order a copy here.

Two New Reviews & One Minor Anniversary

1.) The new issue of BookSlut is out. In it you will find interviews with Daniel Nester, Amy King, and Andrew Zornoza. You can also read my review of Maggie Nelson's Bluets.

2.) My review of Mary Ann Samyn's Beauty Breaks In is now live at 360 Main Street. You can read it here.

3.) Tomorrow is a minor anniversary for me. It's not one worth celebrating, though it will probably keep me up at night.