June 5, 2012
Rio Liang
Literary Journal Reviews, Zyzzyva
benjamin t. miller, elena mauli shapiro, fiction, lindsey thordarson, literary journal, literary review, rob ehle, short stories, zyzzyva
Ruelle Electrique has just published my latest review of fiction offerings in the spring 2012 issue of ZYZZYVA. This comes as one of my most highly recommended issues of the literary journal, featuring a slew of sterling stories like Elena Mauli Shapiro’s “Commuting,” Lindsey Thordarson’s “What Will Do,” Rob Ehle’s “Chemistry,” and Benjamin T. Miller’s “The Rooftops of Fine Old Houses.”
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August 5, 2011
Rio Liang
Book Reviews
an old junker, blog, bricolage, editor, howard junker, nonfiction, zyzzyva
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Ruelle Electrique just published my review of “An Old Junker: A senior represents,” by Howard Junker. For his latest effort, the former ZYZZYVA editor has taken on the role of bricoleur, constructing an entertaining nonfiction novel out of blog posts he’d written between the period of 2006-2010. By presenting us his “greatest hits” (with blog entries reordered into more cohesive categories), Junker provides a funny and engaging composite portrait of an editor.
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April 21, 2011
Rio Liang
Literary Journal Reviews, Zyzzyva
erika recordon, fiction, leticia del toro, literary journal, literary review, pamela rivas, short stories, tom barbash, vanessa hua, zyzzyva
Revamped by a new editorial staff headed by Laura Cogan, the spring 2011 issue of “ZYZZYVA” is out now. Even with changes in editorial policies and vision, the journal’s spirit is still there, so readers need not brace themselves for too much of a shock. In my Ruelle Electrique review of the current issue, I cover the following fiction pieces:
- Leticia del Toro’s “Piropo”
- Pamela Rivas’s “Son of The General”
- Tom Barbash’s “How to Fall”
- Vanessa Hua’s “The Third Daughter”
- Erika Recordon’s “Evolution” and “Our Brave Little Soldiers”
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December 16, 2010
Rio Liang
Literary Journal Reviews, Zyzzyva
fiction, gina hanson, karl taro greenfeld, literary journal, literary review, mark von proyen, miyoko & tom wesley, novel excerpts, ruelle electrique, sequoia nagamatsu, short stories, zyzzyva
I review the fiction offerings in “Zyzzyva’s” Fall 2010 issue. Stories include:
- Mark Von Proyen’s “Theda’s Island” (novel excerpt)
- Karl Taro Greenfeld’s “Mistakes Were Made, Errors Happened”
- Gina Hanson’s “Deadstick Landing”
- Sequoia Nagamatsu’s “Rokurokubi”
- Miyoko & Tom Wesley’s “Western People Manners Book”
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May 23, 2010
Rio Liang
Zyzzyva
dust wells, fiction, jackson bliss, joshua mohr, literary journal, literary review, morgan elliott, peter tieryas liu, short stories, zyzzyva
In this second installment of my fiction review of the Spring 2010 issue of “Zyzzyva,” I cover the following stories:
- Jackson Bliss’s “A Full Cellar”
- Morgan Elliott’s “Kallio Kiss”
- Peter Tieryas Liu’s “Forbidden City Hoops”
- Joshua Mohr’s “Paris, 2010″
- Dust Wells’s “The Loop”
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May 18, 2010
Rio Liang
Literary Journal Reviews, Zyzzyva
fiction, leila bender, literary journal, literary review, roger porter, short stories, susan jonaitis, victoria tishman, zyzzyva
I review the standout Spring 2010 of “Zyzzyva” in this article for Ruelle Electrique. This first in a two-part review covers the following stories:
- Leila Bender’s “Human Shield”
- Susan Jonaitis’s “The Accident”
- Roger Porter’s “A Foretaste of Elysium”
- Victoria Tishman’s “Never Let Me Down”
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