Justin Sirois's Blog, page 42
July 24, 2012
Dorothea Lasky's blurb for The Heads (of My Family, my Friends, my Colleagues)
The poems in The Heads by Justin Sirois make me feel so many things. They are not “temples,” but “squishy” things that “I love to put my face in.” I like it that way. These are poems that are part of life, constantly affirming and reaffirming it. A life that greets you with its magic. As when "What fits in the hand/ grows into armfuls." Or when you "sex this bathroom until the bathroom ain't for/ bathing no more." Everywhere is the “imagery” of life that “repeats in heaps of beauty." These ar...
July 23, 2012
Review of Falcons on the Floor on Muslim Media Review
"The writing is excellent, and I say that as a reader who enjoys action in his fiction novels."
http://muslimmediareview.blogspot.com/2012/07/review-falcons-on-floor-by-justin-sirois.html
July 20, 2012
July 19, 2012
The Last Book of Baghdad update
First draft complete. 72k words. Might be the first story I've ever written that ends on a relatively high note. There's also an opening for a third and final novel to complete the series, but that would be far off if it ever happened.
Now the manuscript is off to Haneen and Ross (of Justice for Fallujah) for edits.
Now the manuscript is off to Haneen and Ross (of Justice for Fallujah) for edits.
