Matt Gillick

Nonfiction

Rion Amilcar Scott ‘Unapologetically’ Broaches Racism and Oppression in ‘Insurrections’

Last night I was walking down Prospect St. in Stamford, Connecticut and I found myself trailing behind a black man wearing a black hoodie. My pace was significantly quicker than his. As I was about to turn to the front door of my apartment building, I was almost on the…

Matt GillickSeptember 6, 2017

Fiction

‘The Can Opener’s Daughter’ is Unlike Anything You Have Ever Read

It’s the most inventive graphic novel since Watchmen. Rob Davis’ The Can Opener's Daughter disorients and intrigues, rolling itself into a pent-up coming of age thriller set in a dystopian landscape you’d find in a teenage schizophrenic’s fever dream. Let me clarify, I’m not saying this graphic novel is as good…

Matt GillickMarch 24, 2017

Nonfiction

Author and Thought Leader Nicolas Cole Talks about the Struggles of the Millennial Writer (Interview)

Gone are the days when a writer can hide behind their work and live in a thatched roof cottage sipping a stiff glass of bourbon. Legendary authors like Thomas Pynchon who became just as famous for their literary work as for their notorious reclusiveness are a thing of the past.…

Matt GillickFebruary 27, 2017

Business Nonfiction

Author and Entrepreneur Peter Kozodoy Fills BookTrib in on Publishing’s Millennial-Driven Future

Since Gutenberg’s printing press, the book world has been in constant flux. But never have we seen such a drastic change in platform, genre, subject matter, and style than we have these last 15 years. Instead of the paperback, you get the Kindle format. Or, instead of the tablet, you…

Matt GillickFebruary 3, 2017

Thrillers

Trailblazing Author Mike Bond Answers One Question about ‘Assassins’

Mike Bond writes with an urgency few other authors have been able to maintain. Mailer was able to do it to some degree. Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson had their ears to the ground. But Mike Bond has assumed this mantle for the 21st century. His writings have covered the…

Matt GillickJanuary 26, 2017

Fiction

Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ is the Best Book of the Year — Maybe the Decade

Decades before the Civil War, a slave woman named Cora risks her life and runs off a cotton plantation in Georgia. Colson Whitehead’s hero in The Underground Railroad is afraid to take a gamble on so much until she realizes she wouldn’t be risking that much to begin with. Being…

Matt GillickNovember 17, 2016

Fiction

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

The opening lines to Cate Holahan’s The Widower’s Wife (Crooked Lane Books, August 9, 2016) solidified my perpetual refusal to go on a cruise ship. Her newest thriller follows the investigation of a young wife gone missing on a cruise and she just so happens to have a lofty inheritance. Ryan…

Matt GillickNovember 2, 2016

Fiction

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Celebrating the death rather than the birthday of the master of the macabre, is only fitting. On this day October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 after he was found in a gutter on a side street in Baltimore, Maryland. Some people say he died…

Matt GillickOctober 7, 2016

Nonfiction

MTV Suspect’s iO Tillett Wright Answers One Question about ‘Darling Days’

The crap we go through while establishing our identity (shakes head back and forth). We often face ridicule for being different or criticized for being too much like Joe Shmoe walking down Park Avenue. You can't win. Oftentimes people assimilate to the status quo or to what society labels as “normal.”…

Matt GillickSeptember 21, 2016

Nonfiction

The Books Are Better: ‘Snowden’ is a Failure, at Least by Oliver Stone’s Standards

Who would have thought that Oliver Stone would play it safe? I certainly wouldn’t think the JFK and Platoon helmsman would decide to pull back when exploring one of the most important stories of the early 21st century regarding our privacy. But I'm here to tell you, Stone played it too…

Matt GillickSeptember 19, 2016

Nonfiction

Comedian Amber Tozer Answers One Question about Her Memoir ‘Sober Stick Figure’

Truman Capote once said about drinking, “I drink because it’s the only time I can stand it!” Along with being a quick-witted sassafras and a fabulously talented writer, Capote was a notorious alcoholic. Drinking stifled his creativity and eventually contributed to his death at the age of 59. In the…

Matt GillickSeptember 12, 2016

Miscellany

Welcome Back: Already Stressed from School? Read More!

Move-in day, back-to-school day, whatever you call it, people are going back to class. That essentially means: books on books on books. Regardless of the subject or your major, you’ll be assigned to read 45 books for four courses within the first two weeks (we're thinking this number is basically accurate!).…

Matt GillickSeptember 2, 2016

Nonfiction

Author Paul Lisicky Answers One Question About “The Narrow Door”

You are your own worst critic, but friends can be a close second. They know you better than most, aside from parents but even that can be up for debate. Going through a particularly rough time as a post-grad living in a new city where I know practically no one,…

Matt GillickAugust 12, 2016

Fiction

Review of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’: Does J.K. Rowling Break New Ground?

Well, here we are. The “last” tale of the Harry Potter saga from J.K. Rowling and this time it hits the stage on London’s West End. Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Arthur A. Levine Books, July 31, 2016) penned by Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, continues the story of The…

Matt GillickAugust 3, 2016

Nonfiction

A Summer Book List to Get You Excited for Exploring the Outdoors

I know it’s July and it’s hot as blazes. Many of us just want to sit next to our cool, life-saving window unit, letting the days pass us by. But, come on. Just look outside. There's a whole world to explore out there! Do you think Lewis and Clark let…

Matt GillickJuly 18, 2016

Romance

Book Romances That Would be Your Perfect Summer Fling!

Summer is officially here! Teens and college students are home from school and they’re looking for fun and exciting things to spend their time doing every day. Some will go on road trips, others will most definitely go to the beach, while some will certainly fall in love. Ahh, summer…

Matt GillickJuly 5, 2016

Matt Gillick

Rion Amilcar Scott ‘Unapologetically’ Broaches Racism and Oppression in ‘Insurrections’

‘The Can Opener’s Daughter’ is Unlike Anything You Have Ever Read

Author and Thought Leader Nicolas Cole Talks about the Struggles of the Millennial Writer (Interview)

Author and Entrepreneur Peter Kozodoy Fills BookTrib in on Publishing’s Millennial-Driven Future

Trailblazing Author Mike Bond Answers One Question about ‘Assassins’

Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ is the Best Book of the Year — Maybe the Decade

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

MTV Suspect’s iO Tillett Wright Answers One Question about ‘Darling Days’

The Books Are Better: ‘Snowden’ is a Failure, at Least by Oliver Stone’s Standards

Comedian Amber Tozer Answers One Question about Her Memoir ‘Sober Stick Figure’

Welcome Back: Already Stressed from School? Read More!

Author Paul Lisicky Answers One Question About “The Narrow Door”

Review of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’: Does J.K. Rowling Break New Ground?

A Summer Book List to Get You Excited for Exploring the Outdoors

Book Romances That Would be Your Perfect Summer Fling!

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