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Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo
In the tradition of Nabokov's Pale Fire, this novel takes the form of liner notes to the boxed set of the imaginary avant-garde composer/pianist Simon Silber's complete recordings. But is the narrator, Silber's biographer, telling the truth about the composer, his work, or even himself? A funny, fantastic, and supremely intriguing first novel.
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Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo
A MUST OWN! Not just Van's best album but one of the great rock 'n' roll albums of all time. From the yearning nostalgia of the title track to the mystical blues of "Cyprus Avenue" to the buoyant joy of "Ballerina," this is a perfect album for those long summer days (and nights).
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Michael SchiavoPublished in 1935, this is Lewis's vision of how fascism would come to America. The main character, Doremus Jessup, is a newspaper editor from Fort Beulah, Vermont and watches as populist Sen. Buzz Windrip ascends to the presidency and begins, piece by piece, to turn the country into a fascist regime, with all the trappings of American culture still firmly in place. Doremus keeps hoping before, during, and... read more>>>
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Michael Schiavo's poetry and nonfiction has appeared in such publications as The Yale Review, McSweeney's, The Believer, and Tin House. He is an editor and designer of the literary journal Tight. He's worked in the book industry since 2000 and has over 40,000 songs in his iTunes library. Ridiculous, innit? But if you want to talk about why John Ashbery hasn't won the Nobel Prize or what the best Miles Davis electric album is, just ask.
Click here for all of his reviews.
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