Mari Carlson, Book Reviewer

When not reading fiction and writing reviews, Mari is probably practicing violin or teaching lessons or playing a gig. She enjoys the local literary and music scenes in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Book Review

3 Songs

by Mari Carlson

"3 Songs" is a musing memoir–cum–cultural analysis through music. Randy Gibbons’s autobiographical history of three jazz standards, "3 Songs", relates the songs to his own story, to their place in American history, and to each... Read More

Book Review

Swaddled

by Mari Carlson

The intimate essays in "Swaddled" aim to support mothers as people outside of their children. In Elizabeth Sarah Cassidy’s confessional essay collection "Swaddled", mothers discuss how becoming a parent changed them. When Cassidy’s... Read More

Book Review

Her One Regret

by Mari Carlson

Donna Freitas’s psychological thriller "Her One Regret" is about a missing mother and regretting motherhood. Lucy disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby behind. Her best friend, Michelle, thinks she was kidnapped. But then... Read More

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