Welcome to Run Spot Run
Looking for a good book? You’ve come to the right place. We’re a collective of readers and writers dedicated to finding the best in new books – fiction and nonfiction – and providing thoughtful reviews to guide you through the innumerable choices available. More than anything, we love talking about books, and we welcome your feedback. What are you reading?
Submit Books for Review
Book publishers, publicists and agents are encouraged to send titles for consideration to contemporarylit [at] runspotrun [dotcom]. Please be aware that, due to the large number of review requests, we are unable to consider self-published material.
Write for Run Spot Run
If you’re interested in becoming a contributor, please send a note to contemporarylit [at] runspotrun [dotcom]. In it, please describe your writing experience and reading preferences.
Contributors
Jeff Alford is a critic and book collector based in Denver, CO. He is a contributor to Kirkus Reviews, Rain Taxi Review of Books and the New Orleans Review and author of the now-retired rare books and small press blog www.theoxenofthesun.com.
Latest posts by Jeff Alford (see all)
- The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala - March 15, 2020
- Indelicacy by Amina Cain - March 2, 2020
- Abigail by Magda Szabó - February 22, 2020
Founder of Ignited Ink Writing, Caitlin Berve is an editor, writer, and creative writing instructor. In a previous life, she was a clinical allergy specialist, biochemistry major, and set on a career in medicine. Now her passion for reading has become a passion for writing. Her favorite stories contain a bit of magic, experiment with form, or dive into the teenage perspective. Her collection of modern fairy tales reflects this.
Latest posts by Caitlin Berve (see all)
- Havenfall by Sara Holland - May 11, 2020
- All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins - April 10, 2020
- The Wickerlight by Mary Watson - January 8, 2020
Jenn Fields is a freelance journalist in Colorado who formerly reviewed books at The Denver Post.
Latest posts by Jenn Fields (see all)
- How to Know the Birds by Ted Floyd - August 11, 2019
- The Travelers by Regina Porter - June 27, 2019
- China Dream by Ma Jian - June 1, 2019
Formerly About.com’s contemporary literature guide and a Kirkus Reviews contributor, Mark is the founding editor of Run Spot Run. He was also progenitor and co-conspirator behind Infinite Winter, a ridiculous thirteen week dive into Infinite Jest he'd love an excuse to reprise. He typically refrains from referring to himself in the third person.
Latest posts by Mark Flanagan (see all)
- Just Kids by Patti Smith (Illustrated Edition) - February 1, 2020
- We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer - September 20, 2019
- Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson - June 18, 2019
John M. Formy-Duval graduated from the University of North Carolina in the growing distant past; lived two wonderful years in Thailand, courtesy of the US Navy; and spent a career in public school teaching and administration. After retiring, he worked part time in a job which required on-the-job reading! How sweet that was. Retired again, he and his wife travel and read. He has contributed articles to the National Community Education Journal and the NC Association for Community Education. He has written more than 350 reviews of contemporary literature over the past decade.
Latest posts by John Formy-Duval (see all)
- Making the Monster by Kathryn Harkup - October 27, 2019
- The Geography of Risk by Gilbert M. Gaul - October 27, 2019
- Megalith by John Martineau (editor) - October 27, 2019
Kate Jonuska is a writer of fiction, food and other F-words who lives in Boulder, CO. With freelance features credits at publications up and down the Front Range, Kate for years stealth trained as a novelist until her first book of fiction, Transference, published in 2017. She's now hard at work on Novel No. 2, contributes restaurant profiles to Boulder Magazine, shares her passions on Twitter as @kjonuska, and works out her sh*t on her yoga mat. Find out more at katejonuska.com.
Latest posts by Kate Jonuska (see all)
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - March 6, 2020
- The Poison Garden by Alex Marwood - February 20, 2020
- Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand - October 8, 2019
Kelsey Mitchell is currently a stay-at-home mom in Denver. A former acquisitions editor and English teacher, reading and writing are her passions. But so are beer, bikes, and Mexican food.
Latest posts by Kelsey Mitchell (see all)
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - November 20, 2019
- Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat - August 20, 2019
- Exhalation by Ted Chiang - June 2, 2019
Alex Yard is an ardent book lover and offbeat musician from Boston, Massachusetts.
Latest posts by Alex Yard (see all)
- This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay - December 29, 2019
- When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask A Philosopher by Marie Robert - December 2, 2019
- Essays One by Lydia Davis - November 2, 2019
