Review of The Vanishing Moon from Buffalo News
Review of The Vanishing Moon from Buffalo News from R.D. Fohl, Buffalo News — “Coulson’s Work Mirrors Struggles of the Working Class,” a review of The Vanishing Moon “I…
Review of The Vanishing Moon from Booklist
from Donna Seaman, Booklist — “Joseph Coulson,” a review of The Vanishing Moon 2004-01 The Tollman children — spitfire Phil, the eldest; musing Stephen, his shadow; charming but…
from Viviane Crystal in The Historical Novels Review — a review of The Vanishing Moon
The endless possibilities for employment and prosperity after World War I slowly begin to crumble in the Great Depression. Indeed, symbolically and potently, Joseph Coulson describes the summer of…
"Great Lakes Blues:" a review of Of Song and Water from Donna Seaman in The Common Review
In the American Midwest, the presumptive pastoral calm and social conformity associated with the term is more myth than reality. Heartland weather is capricious and extreme. Temperatures abruptly shift,…
A review of Of Song and Water from Matthew Tiffany in Quarterly Conversation
Joseph Coulson’s second novel, Of Song and Water, concerns a jazz musician coming to endings: a career on the skids because of hands that can no longer make the chords…
A review of Of Song and Water from Matthew Tiffany of Condalmo – A Lit Blog
I’m currently reading Of Song and Water by Joseph Coulson (Archipelago Books) for a review. It’s a nice shift for me — I’d read a few of the magical realism-type books…
A review of Of Song and Water from J.B. Spins – a blog of jazz and improvised politics
Music can evoke powerful sense memories of people, places, and times. In Joseph Coulson’s novel Of Song and Water, music and issues of memory, identity, and family are intimately tied…
A review of Of Song and Water from L.A. Times: Discoveries
In real life, we often go on after trauma and tragedy. In fiction, tragedy sticks to the page, fixed in a character’s personality. Coleman Moore, a jazz guitarist, sits…
from Sidney Hyman in The Common Review — "Concealment and Interest" a review of The Vanishing Moon
The distinction a great sage drew between make-believe secrets and real secrets is uniquely applicable to Joseph Coulson’s first novel, The Vanishing Moon. A make-believe secret, the sage said,…