The Seaboard Review of Books, November 24, 2025
Volume 2, Issue 52 of The Seaboard Review of Books, November 24, 2025
In this issue:
Count on Me by Ann Cavlovic (Fiction)
Building the Unreal in Rebecca Hirsch Garcia’s Debut Novel Other Evolutions (Fiction)
Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism,Parenthood and Radical Acceptance, by Julie Green (Non-Fiction)
O Canada Crosswords Book 26 by Gwen Sjogren (Non-Fiction)
Buddhist Bricolage: The Silence of Falling Snow by Kristjana Gunnars
“Structure Gives The Writer’s Imagination Something to Push Against”—Cynthia Sharp Interviews Griffin Prize Winner Jane Munro (Interview)
Thanks for reading this issue of The Seaboard Review of Books!
James M. Fisher, editor-in-chief
Fiction
Count on Me by Ann Cavlovic
Dysfunctional family dynamics lie at the heart of Ann Cavlovic’s suspenseful, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant debut novel, Count on Me.
Building the Unreal in Rebecca Hirsch Garcia’s Debut Novel Other Evolutions
“Who would hold on to nothing for so long?” asks narrator Alma Alt in Other Evolutions, the debut novel by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia. Holding on to what has passed, to who has passed, with nothing less than a searing, self-destructive grip, is central to Alma’s story. Hirsch Garcia scrapes this idea clean by asking the reader to consider the physical, nonph…
Non-Fiction
Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism,Parenthood and Radical Acceptance, by Julie Green
When I was pregnant, my mother prayed I’d have a girl. A friend advised daily drinks of honey and garlic, or some such old wives’ recipe, to ensure same. I did have a daughter, but I’m not sure their, um, assistance had anything to do with that.
O Canada Crosswords Book 26 by Gwen Sjogren
With the release of O Canada Crosswords Book 26, fans of the O Canada Crosswords series have a new entry to enjoy.
Interview
“Structure Gives The Writer’s Imagination Something to Push Against”—Cynthia Sharp Interviews Griffin Prize Winner Jane Munro
It was enlightening speaking with poet and flash prose artist Jane Munro about her take on the craft of writing and the value of structure in the creative process. Munro is a well-known poet and has a very lyrical prose style, as you can see in her rhythmic responses, offering poets an excellent opportunity to stretch their talents into prose writing.
Michael Greenstein Reviews
Buddhist Bricolage: The Silence of Falling Snow by Kristjana Gunnars
Kristjana Gunnars’ ink on paper drawing, “scree,” forms the cover art for her memoir, The Silence of Falling Snow. Her blue filaments descend to rhizomes of the subconscious that resonate through the twenty-five parts of her book that are further subdivided into sections separated by a snowflake design, an elaborate asterisk that falls silently across e…
New, Old & Notable is a reoccurring column by Gordon Phinn in which he concisely reviews several books from the past and present.
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