A Western State of Mind Book Review by Tania Casselle of Best of the West 2009: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. Edited by James Thomas and D. Seth Horton This impressive anthology showcases 18 stories from emerging writers and literary stars, selected from publications as diverse … Continue reading
Tough justice, hard fate Book Review by Tania Casselle of Then Came the Evening by Brian Hart Vietnam veteran Bandy, believing his wife died in the fire that destroyed their cabin, goes crazy with rage and remorse and commits a crime that makes the reader gasp. Bandy, who’s also half-drunk … Continue reading
The Stories We Believe: Book review by Tania Casselle of Madewell Brown by Rick Collignon Madewell Brown is the fourth novel in Rick Collignon’s “Guadalupe” series, set in an imaginary village in northern New Mexico. But it reads as a stand-alone, even while spiraling back to explore the fate of … Continue reading
Good-enough mothers Book review by Tania Casselle of Wrecker by Summer Wood In her second novel, Wrecker, New Mexico author Summer Wood draws on her personal experience as a foster parent. Wrecker is a bruiser of a boy who “seemed to need to feel his body collide with the physical … Continue reading
