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A Revolution Against Normalizing

A Revolution Against Normalizing A review of Tyler Keevil’s “The Weeds and the Wildness” in Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law (Laksa Media Group, 2016) By Derek Newman-Stille Tyler Keevil’s “The Weeds and the Wildness” is a tale of resistance to conformity, a revolution against the dangers of enforced...

June 22, 2014

Dark Communities

A review of Craig Davidson’s Sarah Court (ChiZine Publications, 2010) By Derek Newman-Stille Lives intersect in weird and complex ways. The notion of community itself is an interweaving of disparate yet intertwined stories, pulled together by dark threads… because there is something dark about suburban communities. They are built of bricks and blood mortared together by darkness and Craig Davidson’s...

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A Revolution Against Normalizing

Dark Communities