Jewel: A Memoir

Jewel: A Memoir

Review of author Jewel Davis’s memoir – a window into the Baby Boomer Generation.

Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten

Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten

A review of Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten, a book of poetry by Oisin Breen.

Unleavened Flatbread

Unleavened Flatbread

The best writing advice I have ever received.

Melville’s Bartleby and Camus’ Absurdism

Melville’s Bartleby and Camus’ Absurdism

A close reading of both Bartleby and The Stranger highlights the striking similarities in imagery, symbolism, and theme between the two works.

Defying Psychoanalysis in Djuna Barnes’ To the Dogs and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night

Defying Psychoanalysis in Djuna Barnes’ To the Dogs and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night

To the Dogs and Tender Is the Night are two works that strive to challenge Freudian notions on Psychoanalytic methods and gender theories.

Edie on the Green Screen: Laying Down the Armor of the Invulnerable It-Girl

Edie on the Green Screen: Laying Down the Armor of the Invulnerable It-Girl

This review looks at Beth Lisick’s forthcoming novel and engages with how Lisick’s title character will speak to the aging non-conformist.

Review of The Group of Seven Reimagined

Review of The Group of Seven Reimagined

Editor Karen Schauber has put together a fascinating collection of literary stories, all of which were inspired by famous, historic Canadian paintings.

A review of Heather McQuillan’s Where Oceans Meet

A review of Heather McQuillan’s Where Oceans Meet

Where Oceans Meet is a book of flash fiction stories that read like poetry.

A review of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous

A review of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous

Review of Ocean Vuong’s debut novel On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous

Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in utero

Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in utero

This article is respectfully dedicated to my friend Paul Clements (1964-2017), another good Doctor sorely missed.

Review of Sandra Arnold’s Soul Etchings

Review of Sandra Arnold’s Soul Etchings

I first met Sandra Arnold through a Facebook group, and we became friends, reading each other’s stories and never having met in person.

Author Eva Wong Nava

Author Eva Wong Nava

I would like to introduce Eva Wong Nava, a very talented writer, contributor to Literary Heist, and novelist.

Review of Flare Up!

Review of Flare Up!

Flare Up! Written by: Gary Beck
Review by: Rhonda McClam

Does Your Horse Have A Saddle?

Does Your Horse Have A Saddle?

Why Writing Groups Work

Jumping Stanley Bridge

Jumping Stanley Bridge

Jumping off the Stanley Bridge in to the bay, Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island.

Interview with Ellie Douglas

Interview with Ellie Douglas

Interview with Ellie Douglas, author of Death O Death, The Dead Undone, Fear Inducer, Hounded, Hounded 2, Toxic Desire, and the Dead Awake.

Should an artist be medicated?

Should an artist be medicated?

A discussion of whether an artist should be medicated or not.