RUNESTONE book reviews by student editors

Book Reviews by v. 10 Runestone student editors:

All These Sunken Souls:
A Black Horror Anthology

Circe Moskowitz (editor)
Chicago Review Press

Reviewed by Darbi Renaud

The Marigold
by Andrew F. Sullivan
ECW Press

Reviewed by Lily Gibbs

The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
by Eric Cervini
Macmillan

Reviewed by Max Lakso

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
by Mark Lawrence
Penguin Random House

Reviewed by Morgan Marks

A Northern Spring
by Matt Mauch
Trio House Press

Reviewed by Travis Hendershot

Book Reviews by v. 9 Runestone student editors:

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Milkweed Smithereens
by Bernadette Mayer
New Directions Publishing

Reviewed by Amelia Johnson

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Small Moods
by Shane Kowalski
Future Tense Books

Reviewed by Austin Malberg

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Never Have I Ever
by Isabel Yap
Small Beer Press

Reviewed by Gisela Perez

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Glossolalia: Or, don’t scream it on the mountain 
by E. Rahke
Wolf Publishing

Reviewed by Kivi Weeks

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide
by Juliet Patterson
Milkweed Editions

Reviewed by Shelby Lengyel

Book Reviews by v. 8 Runestone student editors:

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Black Star
by Eric Anthony Glover
Ill. by Arielle Jovellanos
Harry M. Abrams

Reviewed by Cal MacFarland

into the sun, runestone review

Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
Penguin Random House

Reviewed by Emma Harrington

ocular proof, runestone review

Self-Portrait with Cephalopod
by Kathryn Smith
Milkweeds Editions

Reviewed by Larissa Larson

may day, runestone review

Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Penguin Random House

Reviewed by Angel Kidd

ocular proof, runestone review

Some People Let You Down
by Mike Alberti
University of North Texas Press

Reviewed by Olivia Rose Lee

Book Reviews by v. 7 Runestone student editors:

REVIEW: Pizza Girl by Kyoung Frazier

Pizza Girl
by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Doubleday
(fiction)

Reviewed by Kira Paul

into the sun, runestone review

The Malevolent Volume
by Justin Phillip Reed
Coffee House Press
(poetry)

Reviewed by Joe Joyce

may day, runestone review

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
Penguin Random House
(CNF)

Reviewed by Cassidy Brzycki

ocular proof, runestone review

This is Where
by Louise Waakaa’igan
Willow Publishing
(poetry)

Reviewed by Emily Poupart

ocular proof, runestone review

Sharks in the Time of Saviors
by Kawai Strong Washburn
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
(fiction)

Reviewed by Evan Hulick

Book Reviews by v. 6 Runestone student editors:

houses of the holy, runestone review

Arkansas
John Brandon
McSweeney’s
Novel

Reviewed by Gabe Mianulli

houses of the holy, runestone review

The Vegetarian
Han Kang

Hogarth Press
Novel 

Reviewed by Hannah Morin

houses of the holy, runestone review

The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
Random House
Novel

Reviewed by Genni Callaway

houses of the holy, runestone review

Evidence of V:
A Novel In Fragments, Facts, and Fictions
Sheila O’Connor
Rose Metal Press

Reviewed by Kelly Holm

houses of the holy, runestone review

The Collected Schizophrenias
Esmé Weijun Wang

Graywolf Press
Essays

Reviewed by Eliot Joy

Book Reviews by v. 5 Runestone student editors:

into the sun, runestone review

Comemadre
Roque Larraquy

Coffee House Press
Novel

Read review by Conner Dolezal 

ocular proof, runestone review

On Imagination
Mary Ruefle

Sarabande Books
Chapbook

Read review by Sandra Vang

may day, runestone review

The Carrying: Poems
Ada Limón
Milkweed Editions

Poetry

Read review by Skyler Kane

houses of the holy, runestone review

The Missing Girl
Jacqueline Doyle

Black Lawrence Press
Chapbook

Read review by Abigail Morton

Reviews by Fall 2017 Runestone student editors (volume four).

houses of the holy, runestone review

Fen
Daisy Johnson
Graywolf Press
Fiction: Short Story Collection

Read review by Courtney Yokes

into the sun, runestone review

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of this will Matter
Scaachi Koul
Picador, 2017
Essays

Read review by Liv Kressler

may day, runestone review

Broken River
J. Robert Lennon
Graywolf Press
Fiction

Read review by Jessica Mausolf

ocular proof, runestone review

Don’t Call Us Dead
Danez Smith
Graywolf Press, 2017
Poetry

Read review by J.R. Selmi

Reviews by Fall 2016 Runestone student editors (volume three).

Houses of the Holy runestone review

Houses of the Holy
Caitlin Skaalrud

Uncivilized Books
(Graphic Novel)

Reviewed by Anna Krenz

into the sun, runestone review

Into the Sun
Deni Ells Béchard

Milkweed Editions
(Novel)

Reviewed by Connor Rystedt

may day, runestone review

May Day
Gretchen Marquette
Graywolf Press
(Poetry)

Reviewed by McKinley Johnson

Ocular Proof
Martha Ronk

Omnidawn Publishing
(Poetry)

Reviewed by Corva León

Reviews by 2016 Runestone student editors (volume two).

Apparition Island runestone review

Apparition Island 
Jenifer LeClair
Conquill Press
(Fiction)

Reviewed by J.D. Delzer

bone gap, runestone review

Bone Gap
Laura Ruby
Balzer + Bray
(Fiction)

Reviewed by Abby Campbell 

bright dead things, runestone review

Bright Dead Things
Ada Limón
Milkweed Editions
(Poetry)

Reviewed by Sandra Youngs

double jinx, runestone review

Double Jinx
Nancy Reddy
Milkweed Editions
(Poetry)

Reviewed by Courtney Baldrige

evil men, runestone review

Evil Men
James Dawes
Harvard University Press
(Creative Nonfiction)

Reviewed by Belle Allan

in winter's kitchen, runestone review

In Winter’s Kitchen
Beth Dooley
Milkweed Editions
(Creative Nonfiction)

Reviewed by Allie Pikala

the red parts, runestone review

The Red Parts
Maggie Nelson
Graywolf Press
(Creative Nonfiction)

Reviewed by Jake Kjos

west of sunset, runestone review

West of Sunset
Stewart O’Nan
Penguin Books
(Fiction)

Reviewed by Justin Christensen

window left open, runestone review

Window Left Open
Jennifer Grotz
Graywolf Press
(Poetry)

Reviewed by DJ Hill

Reviews by 2015 Runestone student editors (volume one).

Dandarians

Dandarians: Poems
Lee Ann Roripaugh
Milkweed Editions 2014
September, 2014

Reviewed by Jody Peters

Dear Committee Members

Dear Committee Members: A Novel
Julie Schumacher
Knopf Doubleday
August, 2014

Reviewed by Lizz Berge

Duplex

Duplex: A Novel 
Kathryn Davis
Graywolf
September, 2013

Reviewed by Allison Nordman

Further Joy
by John Brandon
McSweeney’s
June, 2014

Reviewed by Paul Patane

On Immunity: An Inoculation
by Eula Biss
Graywolf Press
September, 2014

Reviewed by Sarah Basil

Prelude to Bruise
by Saeed Jones
Coffee House Press
September, 2014

Reviewed by Mariela Lemus

Soft: A Memoir
by Sherrie Fernandez-Williams
North Star Press
September, 2014

Reviewed by Sophia Myerly

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