Author: Raymond Cummings

FICTION 

William Gibson’s Alternate Realities

February 25, 2020February 24, 2020 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Agency, Neuromancer, The Jackpot, The Peripheral, William Gibson

A review of ‘Agency,’ the middle book in his current cyber-thriller trilogy

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NON-FICTION Politics 

Keep Your Eye on the Farrow

November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Asia Argento, Catch and Kill, Harvey Weinstein, Hillary Clinton, Jon Lovett, Matt Lauer, Mina Sorvino, Ronan Farrow, Rose McGowan

Ronan the Accuser: ‘Catch and Kill’ is a Terrifying, Paranoid Study in Power

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FICTION 

‘The Nickel Boys’

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead’s Swift, Brutish Followup to ‘The Underground Railroad’

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CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers 

When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

May 3, 2019May 4, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero, White

Why ‘White,’ Bret Easton Ellis’s First Non-Fiction Collection, Ultimately Derails

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FICTION 

The Inscrutable Ann Beattie

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments A Wonderful Stroke Of Luck, Ann Beattie

Her Latest Novel, Enigmatic as Usual

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FICTION 

Legends of the Drug War

March 11, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Don Winslow, The Border, The Cartel, The Power Of The Dog

You Can’t Look Away From ‘The Border,’ Don Winslow’s Powerful Conclusion to His Narco-Saga Trilogy

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FICTION 

Future Present, Future Schlock

October 31, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments

‘Friday Black’ By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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