Artist Profiles

Instead of looking inward and wallowing in the family misery pool, Pat Tracey (http://stalkingirishmadness.com/) looked out to the 'cracked looking glass' of Ireland -- where he ultimately found the roots of his family’s illness in the country’s long history of British oppression. I described the stunning memoir as 'Jack Kerouac meets Frank McCourt' in Bookslut. Read More >

The heart-wrenching story of a husband's Alzheimer's runs parallel to a fast-paced tale of a free market spinning out of control in Kate Jennings' autobiographical novel set in the investment banking world. I gave it two thumbs up in the London Review of Books. Read More (PDF .6MB) >

Karen de Balbian Verster's Boob: A Story of Sex, Cancer & Stupidity is the story of a woman's evolving feminist consciousness -- from circle pins and virginity in the 60s, to modeling and bi-sexual threesomes in the 70s, to feminist awakening in the 80s and chemotherapy, motherhood and enlightenment in the 90s. Read More >

As a child, Taiwanese-born dancer/choreographer Yienan Song was trained to shoot guns and defend the country against imminent invasion from the mainland. She grew up to become a world-famous dancer, "Sometimes I dive very deep, into my whole life to retrieve a pearl to give to the audience." Published in Global City Review Issue #6: To Sleep Perchance to Dream, 1995 Read More >