John Shirley’s Wet Bones & A Song Called Youth

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

"Working in Hollywood developing the script that would eventually become The Crow, Shirley relapsed into drug addiction. This time he managed to stay off the street but it was hard on his loved ones. Shirley channeled his rage, shame and sorrow at himself and his addiction into nightmare fuel. The result was the novel Wetbones; … Continue reading John Shirley’s Wet Bones & A Song Called Youth

Patricia Lockwood Reviews Bear by Marian Engel

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

"It’s easy to forget that the female writers of Engel’s generation are telling their stories after generations of mothers and grandmothers (and Aunt Ednas whose ‘talent was slicing in half slices of sliced store bread’) said nothing. This was not simply a matter of oppression, it was a deep and violent sense of propriety that … Continue reading Patricia Lockwood Reviews Bear by Marian Engel