Kelly Fordon

http://www.kellyfordon.com

Kelly Fordon is the author of a novel-in-stories, Garden for the Blind (Wayne State University Press, 2015), a Michigan Notable Book, a 2016 Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Finalist, a Midwest Book Award Finalist, an Eric Hoffer Finalist, and an IPPY Awards Bronze Medalist in the short story category.

Her first full-length poetry collection, Goodbye Toothless House (Kattywompus Press, 2019) was a finalist for the 2020 Eric Hoffer Award in poetry. A short story collection, I Have the Answer, (WSUP, April 2020) was a Top Kirkus Indie Summer Read for 2020.

Books by Kelly Fordon

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Book Reviews by Kelly Fordon

Image of All My Mother's Lovers: A Novel
Author(s):
Ilana Masad
Genre(s):
Debut, LGBTQ+, Families, Literary Fiction

All My Mother's Lovers: A Novel

March 23, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

Ilana Masad’s debut novel All My Mother’s Lovers is an in-depth exploration of family dynamics, the miscommunications and resentments that sometimes span lifetimes, and the moments of rede

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Image of Bone Rosary: New and Selected Poems
Author(s):
Thomas Lynch
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author

Bone Rosary: New and Selected Poems

March 22, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

The challenge in reviewing a book of new and selected poems by a writer of Thomas Lynch’s caliber is that one might feel unequal to the task.

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Image of Consent: A Memoir
Author(s):
Vanessa Springora
Genre(s):
Personal Memoir, Literature, Narrative Nonfiction

Consent: A Memoir

February 16, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

“Even if he is acquitted, Springora has managed to exact some revenge by capturing G, and all of his terrible behavior, forever in these erudite, incriminating pages.”

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Image of Jack (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Author(s):
Marilynne Robinson
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Regional

Jack: A Novel

September 28, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

The fourth book in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead cycle features Jack Boughton, the prodigal son of the Presbyterian minister, Robert Boughton.

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Author(s):
Sarah J. Sloat
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Art

Hotel Almighty

September 14, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

“In Sloat’s peculiar genius, in Hotel Almighty, she sets out to prove that there is ‘more than one way to chase away misery’ and she has done it by crafting beautifully rendered po

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Image of Half
Author(s):
Sharon Harrigan
Genre(s):
Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Families

Half

June 22, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

“A riveting, inventive, quietly disconcerting page-turner.”

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Image of Henry, Himself: A Novel
Author(s):
Stewart O'Nan
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Families

Henry, Himself: A Novel

June 25, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

Henry Maxwell, the main character in Stewart O’Nan’s latest novel, Henry Himself, is an expert moderator at fraught family dinners.

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Image of Eden
Author(s):
Andrea Kleine
Genre(s):
Families, Suspense, Literary Fiction

Eden

July 9, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

Twenty years ago, Hope, 14, and her sister Eden, 16, were kidnapped. They barely made it out alive and now their kidnapper, Larry, is up for parole. The sisters might be called upon to testify.

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Image of John Ashbery: They Knew What They Wanted: Collages and Poems
Author(s):
John Ashbery
Genre(s):
Single Author, Anthology

John Ashbery: They Knew What They Wanted: Collages and Poems

March 28, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

“Ashbery’s work is an assemblage fashioned by a genius, and They Knew What They Wanted is a great tribute, an absolute treasure.”

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