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The new issue of LaVeRB is up: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/cu…
"Believe it or not, Christopher Nolan's rendition of 'The Odyssey' is a Las Vegas movie. Really. Because it's all about *hospitality*."
A review: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"What's great about the Declaration is that it *wasn’t* written by one man named Thomas Jefferson; it was a social text written by all of America."
Celebrating 250 Years of the U.S. Declaration of Independence: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/ha…
"Singer typically looks away from the splashy or sensational and concentrates instead upon the smaller dramas unfolding under Spanish tile roofs."
A review of the novel "Dangerland!" (@SimonBooks), by Erin Singer: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"Some of the most memorable scenes in the novel include a kooky cast of minor characters who espouse an array of eco-activist positions."
A review of Claire Vaye Watkins's novel "Yellow Pine" (@riverheadbooks): lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"Mobility—the power of 'mobile architecture' and 'mobile nation'—is key to the energy of these poems."
A review of José Felipe Alvergue's "en el norte / soy del sur" (@Omnidawn): lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/po…
It's "Odyssey Day" at UNLV.
Check out our review of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film adaptation here: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"The spirit of discovery is what really animates Baker’s work."
A review of Rosebud Baker's "Fully Baked: A Messy Memoir" (@GalleryBooks): lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/bi…
"Ellis equally desires to be vampire and victim."
A review of Chloe Lauter's novel "The Flayed Man" (@softskull): lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"Cavanagh and Barańczak deserve credit for rendering her Polish into a bouncy and flexible English that pops and resonates and often rhymes without ever sounding trite."
A review of "The Acrobat: Essential Poems," by Wisława Szymborska (@eccobooks): lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/po…
"'The Kings of Vegas' is a page-turner. Short chapters propel the action and maintain the story's momentum, resulting in a taut thriller."
A review of Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman's new novel (@WmMorrowBooks): lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
250 Years of the Declaration: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/ha…
"Will Eugenie finally realize that Kurt is the only man for her and bring to fruition a union decades in the making? Or is their love fated to be a tragic, ongoing missed connection?"
A review of Erin Singer's "Dangerland!": lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"Nolan's film is big, but it's not just empty spectacle. It explicitly portrays a powerful civilization at the moment of its apocalyptic unraveling."
A review of "The Odyssey," directed by Christopher Nolan: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
The extended version of Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" is out today. Check out our review of the album's original release last year: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/ly…
"Her prose has an original poetic component that suggests roughness, self-reliance, and improvisation—suitable for these desert surroundings."
A review of Claire Vaye Watkins's new novel, "Yellow Pine": lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"The sonnets here are practically flying off the page."
A review of José Felipe Alvergue’s new work of poetry, "en el norte / soy del sur": lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/po…
"The memoir is indeed 'messy,' cobbled together from many genres: childhood trauma plot, alcoholic memoir, show biz success story, and motherhood narrative."
A review of Rosebud Baker's "Fully Baked: A Messy Memoir": lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/bi…
"Come for the vampires, stay for the smells."
A review of the new novel "The Flayed Man," by Chloe Lauter: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…
"'The Acrobat' is a terrific introduction to the work of an eminent twentieth-century poet."
A review of a new collection of poems by Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska, translated by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/po…
"The authors have created a fun scenario and let it play out in a rich world of blackjack tables, bomb shelters, rooftop restaurants, and desert highways."
A review of "The Kings of Vegas," by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman: lasvegasreviewofbooks.com/fi…