Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: Croatian War Nocturnal Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, August 15, 2017. 120 pp., $14.00, paperback ISBN: 9781944700133. Author: Spomenka Štimec Spomenka Štimec is a Croatian author, translator, and editor fluent in Esperanto. Born in the village of Orehovica in the Međimurje region of…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: Wolf Season New York: Bellevue Literary Press, October 10, 2017. 320 pp., $16.99, paperback ISBN: 9781942658306, e-book ISBN: 9781942658313. Author: Helen Benedict Helen Benedict is a prolific writer: seven novels, five non-fiction books, and a play—not to mention numerous essays and articles.…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation Nashville, TN: Upper Rubber Boot Books. August 29, 2017. 253 pp., $13.99 paperback (ISBN: 9781937794750), $6.99 e-book (ISBN: 9781937794767). Editors: Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland The editors of Sunvault are both graduate students in Iowa…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: Moonbath Dallas: Deep Vellum Publishing, August 15, 2017. 264 pp., $14.95, paperback ISBN 9781941920565, e-book ISBN 9781941920572. Original French edition Bain de lune. Paris: Sabine Wespieser Publisher, September 2014. Author: Yanick Lahens Haitian writer Yanick Lahens is the author of three novels, three short-story collections,…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: The Tower of the Antilles Brooklyn, New York: Akashic Books, July 4, 2017 (160 pp, $19.95 hardcover), ISBN 9781617755392, also available as e-book. Cover art and design are by Jeremy John Parker, with cover image by Sebastien Wiertz. Author: Achy Obejas Native Cuban Achy…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: Dirt Road New York: Catapult, July 11, 2017 (416 pp; $16.95, US paperback), original ISBN 9781936787500, eBook ISBN 9781936787517. Distributed by Publishers Group West. Great Britain: Scottish publisher Canongate Books. Author: James Kelman The only Scottish author ever to garner the Booker…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: How We Speak to One Another: An Essay Daily Reader Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, March 14, 2017 (328 pp; $20.00 paperback, $19.99 eBook), ISBN 9781566894579 Editors: Ander Monson and Craig Reinbold Ander Monson wears many hats: teacher, author, and editor. He’s associate professor…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor Book: Graveyard of the Gods St. Louis, MO: Blank Slate Press (Amphorae Publishing Group), September 20, 2016 (210 pp; $12.95 paperback, $6.99 eBook), ISBN 9781943075201. Author: Richard Newman Established poet Richard Newman is a liberal arts instructor at the College of the Marshall…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Book: Colonel Lágrimas: A Novel Brooklyn, NY: Restless Books, October 4, 2016 (208 pp; $15.99 paperback, $14.99 eBook), ISBN 978-1632061034. Published in Spanish by Anagrama (2015). Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell. Author: Carlos Fonseca  Carlos Fonseca Suárez, who lives in London,…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Book Review Editor Book: Cabo de Gata: A Novel Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf Press, November 1, 2016 ($14.00 paperback, 120 pages). ISBN 978-1555977573 Author: Eugen Ruge Born in the Urals of Russia, Eugen Ruge is a writer, director, mathematician, and Russian translator who now lives in Berlin. His award-winning…

Eye on the Indies

Eye on the Indies

A  Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Book Review Editor Book: Where’s the Moon?: A Memoir of the Space Coast & the Florida Dream College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, November 2, 2016 ($26.00 paperback, 224 pages, 29 B&W photos, index). ISBN 978-1-62349-450-6 Author: Ann McCutchan Ann McCutchan is an essayist and journalist…