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Water Music by Marcia Peck
'In the eloquent novel Water Music, a dysfunctional family faces financial and emotional ruin, even as they seek their own version of salvation.' (December 2023)

Booklife
by Publishers Weekly

Water Music by Marcia Peck
'Takeaway: Lush, memory-driven story of family life in mid-century Cape Cod.
Comparable Titles: Vendela Vida’s We Run the Tides, Mary Petiet’s Wash Ashore.' (November 2023)

Literary Titan

Water Music by Marcia Peck
'A love song to Cape Cod.' (October 2023)

Kirkus Reviews

Water Music by Marcia Peck
'Readers will enjoy this tense, atmospheric family drama.' (May 2023)

Pen to Print

Write On!
Features: TAK, Tourist And Her Journey With An Indie Press by TAK Erzinger (July 2023)

The Galway Review

Review of Tourist by Professor Liz Whiteacre
'It’s Erzinger’s apt metaphors, imagery, and form that help navigate, and her insights about what constitutes family keeps us turning pages to see what she will discover.' (April 2023)

Latino Book Review

Review of Tourist by Madeleine White
'Erzinger’s natural world artistry plays out against the backdrop of subtle rhythms; the carefully curated intervals of line and stanza and the chiaroscuro of language against silence.' (February 2023)

Literary Titan

Wash Ashore by Mary Petiet
' A wonderfully entertaining and charming story.' (August 2023)

Midwest Book Review

Wash Ashore by Mary Petiet
'A simply riveting read from first page to last. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community library New England themed literary fiction collections.' (March 2023)

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The Enterprise

Macabre Trophies by Declan Rush
'There’s a point in every novel—every good novel—where the reader can’t put the book down, compelled to finish the story even if it means staying awake hours beyond one’s reasonable bedtime. This point comes early on in Macabre Trophies.' (August 2023)

Kirkus Reviews

Thirst by K.L. Barron
'An authentic celebration of Tuareg culture.' (November 2023)

New Pages Blog

Small Craft, Poems by Janet Edmonds
'Edmonds’ poetry is a beautiful testament to the nature of Cape Cod, and the way she implements language to highlight the aspects which enhance the individuality and uniqueness of her chosen place makes her reader feel like they are coming home – or discovering home for the first time..' (November 2022)

Tears in the Fence

an independent, international literary magazine

Shaking the Persimmon Tree by Marc Woodward
'His material shifts between celebration, of the countryside, of friendship and of travel but there’s a dark side underlying most of his work and even on occasion something slightly surreal.' (July 2022)

Write Out Loud

Shaking the Persimmon Tree by Marc Woodward
'These searching poems, with their carefully crafted descriptions of the natural world, go deep. Philosophical, intelligent and compassionate, they offer us insights into life, living and being..' (March 2022)

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