In my day job, I’m a mental health therapist. At night, I write.
My book reviews have appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper, The Quarterly Conversation, WETA: The Book Studio, PopMatters, AudioFile Magazine, Booklist, and other places. I’ve also interviewed authors for this site, but not recently.
I can be contacted – condalmo at gmail dot com – regarding catalogs, review copies, advanced reader copies, and related materials.
I tend to lean toward “literary fiction” and “non-fiction” most of the time. I’m also interested in reviewing psychology, counseling, and therapy books.
A few of my reviews:
- Play Their Hearts Out by George Dohrmann (reviewed at the Star Tribune)
- The Case for Books by Robert Darnton (reviewed at the Star Tribune)
- The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago (reviewed at WETA: The Book Studio)
- A Country Called Amreeka by Alia Malek (reviewed at the Star Tribune)
- Ray of the Star by Laird Hunt (reviewed at The Quarterly Conversation; featured by the National Book Critics Circle)
- Ticknor by Sheila Heti (reviewed at Small Spiral Notebook) (site defunct)
- The Exquisite by Laird Hunt (reviewed at PopMatters)
- Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow (reviewed at WETA: The Book Studio)
- Of Song and Water by Joseph Coulson (reviewed at The Quarterly Conversation)
- Yann Andrea Steiner by Marguerite Duras (reviewed at PopMatters)
- The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D’Ambrosio (reviewed at Condalmo)
- The Junior Officers’ Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey (reviewed at the Star Tribune)
- The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson (reviewed at The Elegant Variation)
- Who I Was Supposed To Be by Susan Perabo (reviewed at Small Spiral Notebook) (site defunct)
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (reviewed at The Quarterly Conversation)
- Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago (reviewed at PopMatters)
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet (reviewed at The Quarterly Conversation)
- A Country Called Amreeka by Alia Malek (reviewed at the Star Tribune)
I am a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/condalmo
