Tag: dzanc books

  • Two Reviews – As You Were by David Tromblay and Alien Stories by E.C. Osondu

    I have been a bit negligent in updating this site over the summer, but I have been writing and reviewing books. David Tromblay’s memoir, As You Were, recounts the author’s abusive childhood and military experiences. The memoir pulls zero punches, describing physical abuse at the hands of Tromblay’s father and grandmother in fairly graphic ways,…

  • Book Review – Bloomland by John Englehardt

    John Englehardt’s Bloomland is a novel about a massacre at a rural college told in second person and focusing on three characters, a student, a professor, and the shooter. This book is not for the weak-hearted. It is a tough read, but Englehardt writes the student, Rose, and the professor, Eddie, so real you feel…