My book reviews have appeared in The Quarterly Conversation, Rain Taxi, ForeWord,
Identity Theory, and PopMatters. I grew up in Decatur, Illinois, and now reside in Washington, D.C.

Summer wildflowers in Chicago

Summer wildflowers in Chicago

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Header photograph and photo icons by Christopher Taylor Timberlake, photographer and jeweler extraordinaire. Please visit his website.

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  1. 1 eliyho matz August 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    read my article called towards pink potatoes on the internet it is part of my historical study on wwii


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Recent Publications

Review of J.M. Coetzee and Ethics: Philosophical Perspectives on Literature, edited by Anton Leist and Peter Singer. The Quarterly Conversation, September 2010.

Review of Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett. The Region, June 2010.

Review of The Man in the Wooden Hat and Old Filth by Jane Gardam. The Quarterly Conversation, Issue 19, Spring 2010.

Review of 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About by Joshua Clover. ForeWord, November/December 2009.

Review of The Humbling by Philip Roth. Identity Theory, November 25, 2009.

Review of Imperial by William T. Vollmann. PopMatters, September 18, 2009.

Review of Wonderful World by Javier Calvo. The Quarterly Conversation, Issue 17, September 7, 2009.

Review of Of Song and Water by Joseph Coulson. Identity Theory, August 3, 2009.

Review of Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music by Amiri Baraka. ForeWord, July/August 2009.

Review of Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda. Rain Taxi, Summer 2009 (#54). Viewable online via Powell's Books

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