Remember Guernica

by Kate Gale

Originally published on April 20, 2009

“My sister and I are in the small minority of Whites, but I will not adapt. I wear my Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath close to me. I walk the talk, I listen to music, I am the street, the sound, the dirt, the hooded head, the low torn sweatshirt, the sagging pants, I am over six feet and I am every security person’s nightmare…”

The Watchmen

reviewed by Andrea Cumbo

Originally published on April 6, 2009

“The thematic questions of the book are what make it beat with life, but the complexity of the story – with comic books within comics, three time periods (or none if you’re Dr. Manhattan) and multiple settings – makes it truly postmodern in its ability to deconstruct both time and space while still holding a single, primary storyline…”

Another Country Stories by Nicholas Rothwell

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on April 6, 2009

“A heady analyst of the world around him, [Rothwell is] overly fond of flashing his intelligence forward in the odd word certain to send you to a dictionary. His sense of other people’s voices also jars, as if everyone is gifted with the Queen’s English and a perfect philosophical riposte.”