Colorado Review - Falcons on the Floor - review by Joe Hall
Falcons on the Floor, by Justin SiroisPublishing Genius Press, 2012reviewed by Joe Hall
On American fiction, Anis Shivani, with characteristic spleen,recently pronounced, "There is only small writing, with smallconcerns, and small ambitions [T]he serious writer is trainedto look down on politically aware fiction: that's just journalism.There are no AWP awards there." For Shivani, domestic realismand its overly precious drama of the individual psyche hasreplaced engagement with politics, ideolo...
On American fiction, Anis Shivani, with characteristic spleen,recently pronounced, "There is only small writing, with smallconcerns, and small ambitions [T]he serious writer is trainedto look down on politically aware fiction: that's just journalism.There are no AWP awards there." For Shivani, domestic realismand its overly precious drama of the individual psyche hasreplaced engagement with politics, ideolo...
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