Countering Culture by Jessica de Koninck The Brothers Silver by Marc Jampole (Owl Canyon Press, 2021) Stories of family trauma, parent-child relationships, and sibling rivalry are part of the human psyche. They are central to the opening stories of the Bible as well as to those of earlier traditions. In the original trauma, God expels […]
Read More… from GREAT REVIEW OF THE BROTHERS SILVER IN THE LATEST VASSAR REVIEW:
In the “State News” section of the latest AARP Bulletin, the American Association of Retired People (AARP) solicits volunteer advocates in New York, Vermont, and other states to speak with state legislatures about a variety of issues. But nowhere in the publication does AARP ask for volunteers in the national fight to preserve Social Security […]
Read More… from “REMOVE THE CAP” SHOULD BE DEMOCRAT’S ELECTION-YEAR BATTLE CRY
Here’s an excerpt from the Fall 2021 issue of Main Street Rag: “Jampole’s experimentation is an intriguing, if sometimes challenging, way to stretch the novel form. Readers who are willing to put in a little work to digest the meandering poetic style will enjoy its freshness. There’s plenty to chew on for anyone curious about the impact […]
Read More… from ANOTHER GREAT REVIEW OF THE BROTHERS SILVER.
Here are excerpts from the latest positive review of The Brothers Silver: “Jampole sees present-day America as a brutal right-wing Inferno, where the sufferers become the opposite of their gentle youthful incarnations… The recent riot/failed coup/insurrection/tantrum/ragefest at the Capitol in Washington, DC, makes Jampole’s warnings look prescient. “ – Your Impossible Voice, September 21, 2021 For […]
Read More… from NEW REVIEW OF THE BROTHERS SILVER FOCUSES ON SOCIAL CRITICISM IN THE NOVEL
Included is one of my personal favorites among all the poems I have written over the decades, “The Beach in Winter.” If you like it, buy the issue and see my other two poems: https://snakenationbooks.store/product/snake-nation-review-issue-28 THE BEACH IN WINTER That winter day we didn’t drive along the shore, didn’t watch the waves explode berserkly over snow […]
Read More… from THE LATEST SNAKE NATION REVIEW HAS THREE OF MY POEMS
My new novel, The Brothers Silver, is now available on audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/The-Brothers-Silver-A-Novel/dp/B09CFMMGDW/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The reader, Donald Davenport, has a great interview about the joys and challenges of narrating The Brothers Silver in a Dungball Express podcast: https://thedungballexpress.libsyn.com/the-brothers-silvers-silver-tongue […]
Read More… from THE BROTHERS SILVER IS NOW AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO BOOK
In the May 29th edition of the Prairies Book Review: The Brothers Silver by Marc Jampole Powerfully told… A soaring and haunting tale. Transcendent and hard-hitting, Jampole’s ambitious literary tale takes readers into meandering lives of two brothers as they try to survive their traumatic childhood. With a mother who is prone to frequent mental break-downs, […]
Here is Violet Snow’s review of my new novel, The Brothers Silver, that was published a few weeks back in The Adirondack Review: What are the forces that make us who we are? How do siblings grow up in the same environment but come out with different characteristics, different attitudes toward the world, and different fates? In […]
Read More… from Violet Snow’s Review of The Brothers Silver Published in The Adirondack Review
Dionna Dash’s review of The Brothers Silver in the July 9, 2021 edition of The Jewish Chronicle: “The Brothers Silver,” a tale of two brothers growing up in the wake of intergenerational family trauma, is the haunting and realistic debut novel from public relations executive and poet Marc Jampole — a former Pittsburgher and past president of […]
A Review of The Brothers Silver by Marc Jampole in the July 9, 2021 edition of Vox Populi Jennifer Johnson: A Haunting Novel of Childhood Trauma The Brothers Silver takes a hard look at how children who endure growing up in dysfunctional families, suffer dire consequences and are left to a lifetime of personal struggles. In the […]
Read More… from Jennifer Johnson’s review of The Brothers Silver in Vox Populi