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Counterpoint Press

A Review of Bird by Noy Holland

June 27, 2016

Jeff Bursey

(Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 2015) Noy Holland’s previous work includes the short story collections The Spectacle of the Body (1994), What Begins with Bird (2005), and Swim for the Little One First (2012), and they have been praised for their … Continued

A Review of The Lightkeepers by Abbi Geni

April 25, 2016

Amelia Fisher

(Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 2016) Nothing beats a good ghost story. Ghosts occupy a space between tragedy and terror, where no matter how horribly they might rattle their chains, a piece of them remains recognizable—even sympathetic. They illustrate what happens … Continued

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