Building the Barricade and other poems by Anna Swir
Val B. Russell reviews a new translation of Anna Swir's poetry collection, Building the Barricade and other Poems (Calypso Editions, 2011). In the review, Russell writes: "Amid the blood and guts...
View ArticleAnnabel by Kathleen Winter
Val B Russell reviews Kathleen Winter's Annabel: "We live in a world that is, at its very biological core, based on gender and the differences inherent within. From conception to birth our female or...
View Articleboysgirls by Katie Farris
Val B Russell reviews Katie Farris' boysgirls, her debut collection of stories. Russell writes in the review, "As the title suggests, the book is split into gender specific sections. “Girls” is Farris'...
View ArticlePreserving Uniqueness: An Interview with Annabel’s Kathleen Winter
Val B. Russell interviews Kathleen Winter about gender, uniqueness and the process of writing Annabel, her novel short-listed for this year's Orange Prize for fiction. Annabel is the story of Wayne, a...
View ArticleSolitaria by Genni Gunn
Val B. Russell reviews Solitaria, by Genni Gunn, a novel "with an earthy, lusty, almost ancient tone that lingers long after you close the book."
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