Word Work

Reviews

• Ongoing reviews of current and classic literature are on the Swithering blog.
• McCallum-Smith's book reviews and essays appeared in Urbanite magazine in print and online between 2005 and 2009. A selection are below:

• December 2008
• October 2008
• From Big Monsters to Big Brother (July 2006)
• Radio reviews were broadcast periodically on Maryland Public Radio’s "Maryland Morning" at WYPR.

• Book reviews appear in The Scottish Review of Books.

Essays and Interviews

• The memoir essay, "The Watermark," is antholgized in The Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses, and was originally published in the Summer 2009 issue of The Gettysburg Review.
• The essay, "Status Update: The Personal Essay in the Age of Facebook", originally presented at AWP2011, is published in TriQuarterly online.
• A conversation with author Laura Lippman about her latest novel, "Life Sentences" appeared in Urbanite online in April 2009.
• An interview with former CBS foreign news correspondent Tom Fenton about the changes in the American news media, titled "Mad as Hell."
• A conversation with author Anne Tyler about her latest novel "Noah's Compass" appeared in Urbanite on line in January 2010.

Book Groups

• Book groups are very welcome to get in touch. Participation can be in person, by phone or via Skype - depending on locale.