2012 and Alcoholism Survivor Support Group: Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation

Like her main character, Megan Nolan feels bad. Bad that she couldn’t have offered a “cheerier” book, perhaps, to the masses–but most especially bad for those in her hometown of Waterford, Ireland, which also cameos in what, for some, might be an all too recognizable tale. Aptly called Acts of Desperation. A title, in fact, that makes one marvel at how no author ever thought … Continue reading 2012 and Alcoholism Survivor Support Group: Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation

Genna RivieccioMay 9, 2021May 9, 2021Leave a comment

Poetry

Narcissism by Dale Champlin

Isadora is a narcissist.“Me, me, me, me, me, me,”she bubbles. She’s pretendingto practice her scales.I tell her “your only scales are on the outside of your body.”After that she stops singing. Continue reading Narcissism by Dale Champlin

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Criticism

Drinking From the (Controversial) Well of Narcissism: Kristin Dombek at Greenlight Books

For the launch of her debut book, The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism, Kristin Dombek arrives to the proverbial stage nine minutes late. Is this narcissistic? Her exegesis has us all asking how much we truly read into other people’s so-called “narcissism,” a term, it seems, more easily bandied nowadays than “slut.” Dombek isn’t saying the narcissist doesn’t exist so … Continue reading Drinking From the (Controversial) Well of Narcissism: Kristin Dombek at Greenlight Books

Genna RivieccioAugust 18, 2016August 18, 20162 Comments