Reviews for Natives, Newcomers, Exiles, Fugitives: Northern California Writers and Their Work

The average rating for Natives, Newcomers, Exiles, Fugitives: Northern California Writers and Their Work based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-06-13 00:00:00 Moran Golan I'm from Colorado, and my family has been there for over a century, so I want this book to be epic, but so far it seems like it has fallen well short of its potential. Compared to the Montana Anthology "Last Best Place", a region based book consisting of a thousand pages of Montana writing, this one feels weak. There are no introductions to any of the writings. There are no Indians anywhere in the book, other than some observations from early travelers. Many of the pieces are just short excerpts that give you a snapshot of life in Colorado at a given time but are lacking in context. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the book but it seems to have fallen fall short of what it could have been.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-29 00:00:00 Eric Hernandez This anthology of poems includes well known and lesser-known poets. Each of the poems included are innovative in using different word choices, rhyme patterns, shapes and other poetic devices to show something inventive. I appreciate the poets pushing the poetic art-form but the poems did not resonate with me. Most of the poems, I did not understand. The ones I did understand, I had read in other collections.