Nonfiction

Review: VENTIFACTS by Christine Hume

by Black Warrior Review | Jun 10, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

Ventifacts Christine Hume 2012 Omnidawn Publishing 54 pages Review by LAURA KOCHMAN Ventifacts moves much the way that wind does—invisibly, winding around and across the borders of various subjects, making itself known through the physical evidence left behind:...

Review: AN EXTRAORDINARY THEORY OF OBJECTS by Stephanie LaCava

by Black Warrior Review | Feb 18, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

An Extraordinary Theory of Objects Stephanie LaCava 2012 Harper Collins 224 pages Review by ETHEL ROHAN What is most exceptional about Stephanie LaCava’s memoir The Extraordinary Theory of Objects is that it contains little of Stephanie LaCava. Through story,...

Review: DEAR SOUND OF FOOTSTEP by Ashley Butler

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 21, 2010 | Archive, Reviews

Dear Sound of Footstep Ashley Butler 2009 Sarabande Books 128 pages Review by LAURENCE ROSS Writing about cancer is a difficult task, given its ubiquitous—and therefore well-known and well-documented—horror. But in Dear Sound of Footstep, a sequence of essays...