Check out this great review of Quitter #8 by the folks at the zine focused podcast ZCENE. The review starts at 38:30.
Review of All I Want to Do is Live by Hippocampus Magazine
“Trace Ramsey’s All I Want to do is Live: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction (Pioneers Press, May 2017) is a hodge-podge of the author’s essays, poetry, creative nonfiction vignettes, chapbook and zine pieces, and various interviews he’s done throughout his career. If that sounds like a lot to take in, it is. But I must […]
Review of All I Want to Do is Live by The Drunken Odyssey
“Trace Ramsey’s All I Want to Do is Live, a collection of creative nonfiction and poetry, is an unmistakably great book. Ramsey’s writing is brave against the noise of daily life as he struggles against his ‘desire to not live,’ and seeks strength in the people who love him: his grandparents, wife, and daughter. Nonfiction, in […]
Review of All I Want to Do is Live by BookLife
Plot/Idea: 8 out of 10 Originality: 10 out of 10 Prose: 10 out of 10 Character/Execution: 10 out of 10 Overall: 9.50 out of 10 Assessment: Plot: Ramsey captivates with this sensitive, soul-searching account of his life’s journey. The memoir’s thoughtful structure is marred only by some repeated stories that work to take readers out […]
Review of All I Want to Do is Live by Rich Baiocco
A new review of my new book All I Want to Do is Live – “Something I always liked about Trace Ramsey’s zines (Quitter and Lasterday are the ones I’ve read) is how satisfying they are as objects. Whether it’s the transparency cover of Q9 illustrating a broken arm beside one on the mend wrapping […]
New review of Good Luck Not Dying
A new review by Abbie Foxton at Zine Nation: Quitter: Good Luck Not Dying by Trace Ramsey I wondered what a small book was doing in my zine pile, it seemed to break the rules a little until I researched the lineage. Quitter: Good Luck Not Dying is the compiled work of zine author Trace Ramsey. Trace […]