Graphic Novel Review: Miles Morales Vol. 1: Straight Out of Brooklyn

Is this even a graphic novel? It’s a slim, traditional comic serial, but then bound in bunches? I am not a comics reader usually (but I do read graphic novels), but Miles Morales came up in my search for comps for my newest novel and since I was inspired somewhat by Spider-Man (and Peter Parker—my…

Book Review: Fortress of Solitude

Fortress of Solitude, by Jonathan Lethem, the National Bestseller published in 2003 by Vintage Books. In 2003, I was no longer in college, nor was I writing full time yet. In fact, I was working as a receptionist at an inner city junior high, crying on my drive home, recuperating in the evenings listening to…