Past reviews and essays, literary and otherwise

Before I started writing books for the Chicago Review Press, I wrote poetry and reviews. Below are a few of the best reviews/essays: 

That Girl: Season One: https://www.popmatters.com/that-girl-season-1-dvd-2496224924.html

Thames Shakespeare Collection: https://www.popmatters.com/the-thames-shakespeare-collection-macbeth-king-lear-romeo-juliet-twelfth-ni-2495705399.html

This WJ post brought hundreds of people into The Book Table (or so its owners told me at the time!). 
https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/12-6-2011/Missing-Borders-but-hailing-the-survivor-in-Oak-Park/

Another WJ post, this one on Oak Park's famous son: https://www.oakpark.com/2007/09/04/my-summer-with-ernest-hemingway/

Review of the live-action 2005 Narnia film: http://www.wildviolet.net/phoenix_rising/narnia.html

Review of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: http://www.wildviolet.net/mythic_mist/sisterhood.html

Review of Because of Winn Dixie: http://www.wildviolet.net/waking_world/winn_dixie.html

And finally, my review of each cinematic Fitzwiliam Darcy:  http://www.wildviolet.net/phoenix_rising/darcy.html