Open Letters Review
  • Contact & Submissions
  • About

Open Letters Review

  • Contact & Submissions/
  • About/

Open Letters Review

Open Letters Review

An Arts & Literature Review

Open Letters Review

  • Contact & Submissions/
  • About/
 

July 08, 2020

Fraternity by Ben Nugent

July 08, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Fraternity by Ben Nugent

A debut collection of short stories centering around a frat house, where boys and girls navigate the limbo between adolescence and adulthood.

Read More
July 08, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Anthologies/Short Stories, Literary Fiction
Benjamin Nugent, American fiction, adolescence, anthology, short stories, Steve Donoghue, literary fiction
July 07, 2020

Cross of Snow by Nicholas Basbanes

July 07, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Cross of Snow by Nicholas Basbanes

A bestselling author turns his attention to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the great American poet of the 19th century, now largely forgotten.

Read More
July 07, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Poetry
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nicholas Basbanes, biography, American literature, American poetry, Steve Donoghue
July 07, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “The Irish are a fair people, they never speak well of one another” 

July 07, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “The Irish are a fair people, they never speak well of one another” 

An atmospheric mystery blending history and romance with a contemporary police investigation.

Read More
July 07, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Sarah Stewart Taylor, mystery fiction, It's a Mystery, Minotaur Books
July 06, 2020

The Equivalents by Maggie Doherty

July 06, 2020/ Hannah Joyner
The Equivalents by Maggie Doherty

While looking for the rooms of their own that Virginia Woolf argued all women writers needed, a group of female artists and scholars in early-1960s created their own Bloomsbury and prefigured the beginnings of second-wave feminism.

Read More
July 06, 2020/ Hannah Joyner/
Biography/Memoir, Art & Music
Maggie Doherty, Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin, Tillie Olson, Marianna Pineda, Barbara Swann, American history, Hannah Joyner
July 01, 2020

Young Avengers by Gillen & McKelvie

July 01, 2020/ Zach Rabiroff
Young Avengers by Gillen & McKelvie

A new paperback collects one of the most enjoyable runs on Marvel’s “Young Avengers” comic.

Read More
July 01, 2020/ Zach Rabiroff/
Graphic Novels/Comics
Young Avengers, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, comics, Marvel Comics, Avengers, Zach Rabiroff
June 30, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes”

June 30, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes”

A skillful whodunit populated by a motley assortment of vividly wrought characters.

Read More
June 30, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
mystery fiction, murder mystery, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, Paul Doiron, Minotaur Books
June 29, 2020

Lost Companions by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

June 29, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Lost Companions by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

The bestselling writer on the emotional relationships between humans and their pets writes a new book about the endings of those relationships.

Read More
June 29, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Lost Companions, Reflections on the Death of Pets, animals, pets, Steve Donoghue
June 29, 2020

No More Giants

June 29, 2020/ Michael Adams
No More Giants

An unimpeachable and provocative collection drawn from almost every one of Sondheim’s projects.

Read More
June 29, 2020/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music
Stephen Sondheim, Michael Adams, music, musicals, Peter Gethers, Russel Perreault, Everyman Pocket Poets, Penguin Random House
June 26, 2020

The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini

June 26, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini

A fascinating new book explores the fight for gay rights in pre-Stonewall America.

Read More
June 26, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Society & Culture
The Deviant's War, Eric Cervini, Frank Kameny, gay history, American history, Steve Donoghue
June 22, 2020

The Black Cabinet by Jill Watts

June 22, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski
The Black Cabinet by Jill Watts

A new book details the inner workings of the unofficial council that advised FDR on racial issues during the New Deal era.

Read More
June 22, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski/
History
Jill Watts, The Black Cabinet, American history, Peggy Kurkowski, African-American, civil rights
June 21, 2020

Alaric the Goth by Douglas Boin

June 21, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Alaric the Goth by Douglas Boin

A biographical study of the man who sacked the city of Rome.

Read More
June 21, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Alaric the Goth, Douglas Boin, Roman history, Steve Donoghue, Ancient Rome
June 18, 2020

The Loeb Classical Livy, Books 23-25

June 18, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Loeb Classical Livy, Books 23-25

A new English-language translation of some of the most dramatic writing from Roman historian Livy.

Read More
June 18, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
History
JC Yardley, Livy, Loeb Classical Library, classics, Roman history, Steve Donoghue, Ancient Rome
June 13, 2020

The New Despotism by John Keane

June 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The New Despotism by John Keane

A politics professor puts forward a insightful, unsettling new concept of tyranny in the modern world.

Read More
June 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
John Keane, politics, history, Steve Donoghue, radicalism, government
June 12, 2020

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland

June 12, 2020/ Hannah Joyner
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland

A genre-bending work of an author researching Carson McCullers and finding herself.

Read More
June 12, 2020/ Hannah Joyner/
Biography/Memoir
Jenn Shapland, Hannah Joyner, autobiography
June 02, 2020

The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson

June 02, 2020/ Olive Fellows
The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson

A new book delves into the mysteries of eels.

Read More
June 02, 2020/ Olive Fellows/
Animals & Nature
Patrik Svensson, eels, nature writing, natural history, animals, Olive Fellows
June 02, 2020

Lost in Thought by Zena Hitz

June 02, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Lost in Thought by Zena Hitz

A new book examines the worth - and even the possibility - of taking pleasure from an intellectual life.

Read More
June 02, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Books & Authors
Zena Hitz, books, reading, philosophy, Steve Donoghue
June 02, 2020

It’s a Mystery: There is a fine line between a monster and a hero

June 02, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: There is a fine line between a monster and a hero

With her trademark fast pace, Jance has rendered a masterly study of the effects of grief, rage, and the power of forgiveness.

Read More
June 02, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
J. A. Jance, thrillers, mystery fiction, mystery series, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, Ali Reynolds series
May 30, 2020

Tornado God by Peter Thuesen

May 30, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Tornado God by Peter Thuesen

A new book looks at how American religions deal with devastating “acts of God”.

Read More
May 30, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature, Religion
Peter Thuesen, weather, American history, American evangelicals, tornadoes
May 26, 2020

The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman

May 26, 2020/ Olive Fellows
The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman

Jennifer Ackerman, author of “The Genius of Birds,” returns with another book about the wonders of the avian world.

Read More
May 26, 2020/ Olive Fellows/
Animals & Nature
Jennifer Ackerman, nature writing, birds, birding guides, Olive Fellows
May 26, 2020

Unholy by Sarah Posner

May 26, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Unholy by Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner’s book examines how American evangelicals can embrace a figure like Donald Trump

Read More
May 26, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
Sarah Posner, Donald Trump, American politics, American evangelicals, Steve Donoghue, American Presidents
  • Previous
  • Next
  • Contact & Submissions/
  • About/

Open Letters Review

An arts and literature review.

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive a monthly recap of new posts.

We respect your privacy.

Thank you!
 

Editors:

Steve Donoghue
Sam Sacks
Britta Böhler
____________________

Eric Karl Anderson
Olive Fellows
Jack Hanson
Jennifer Helinek
Justin Hickey
Hannah Joyner
Zach Rabiroff
Jessica Tvordi

Categories:

  • Animals & Nature
  • Anthologies/Short Stories
  • Art & Music
  • Backlist
  • Biography/Memoir
  • Books & Authors
  • Children's Books
  • Classic Literature
  • Environment/Geology
  • Essays
  • Fiction - Historical
  • Fiction-Action/Adventure
  • Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
  • Fiction-Debut
  • Fiction-Drama
  • Fiction-General
  • Fiction-Horror
  • Fiction-Humor
  • Fiction-LGBTQ
  • Fiction-Legal
  • Fiction-Mystery/Suspense
  • Fiction-Paranormal
  • Fiction-Romance
  • Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Fiction-Translated
  • Fiction-Young Adult
  • Film & Theatre; Adaptations
  • From the Archives
  • Graphic Novels/Comics
  • Health & Psychology
  • Historical Fiction
  • History
  • It's a Mystery
  • Just for Fun
  • Literary Criticism
  • Literary Fiction
  • Myths & Legends
  • Nonfiction Translations
  • Philosophy
  • Poetry
  • Politics & Economics
  • Reference
  • Religion
  • Science/Technology
  • Society & Culture
  • Sports and Recreation
  • Stevereads
  • Travel
Contact Us
Archive

Open Letters Review Site Policies