“There is great energy to your work, of the kind that I don’t see very often. This work is weird and wonderful, with vivid characters, expertly drawn.”
Goose Lane
“…I have to be blown away by a book to even give it a second look. Yours got more than a second look…A writer whose work I respect and enjoy…”
ECW Press
“It’s such an amazing, powerful, ugly, monstrous-in-places, astonishing story. Get it out there, is my really big note.”
Sarah Sheard (The Hypnotist, Almost Japanese)
“Adams writes as if standing on hot coals – this is more manifesto…but her passion may stand to keep readers awake more than most published analyses of organizational behaviour. …Faculty will find much to engage their students in this heart-felt, incisive book.”
The Canadian Sociological Association,
Judith Taylor, University of Toronto
“Wow! Amazing. Rebekkah writes strong, gutsy, chilling characters and great dialogue that crackles with authenticity.”
Sarah Sheard, Humber School of Writing
“…You have an impressive resume…More importantly, you’ve got a wonderful imagination, a kind of a cross between suburban gothic, surreal comedic (a very dark comedy), and kitchen-sink drama.”
Catchfire Press Inc.
“I was quite taken with your thesis, the depth of your knowledge…and the beauty of your writing.”
Canadian Scholars’ Press/Women’s Press
“…displays a clean style and winning tempo. (It) was read with great interest.”
Turnstone Press
“…there’s a quality I can’t pin down… elliptical?… absurd?… that I found compelling.”
Matrix Magazine
“I’m sending back your manuscript but not because your work hasn’t touched me… if you can, please think of this as an acceptance: I accept what you say and I salute your courage in saying it, for yourself and others, and in sending it out.”
McClelland & Stewart
“…Your story is gritty and real.”
Ekstasis Editions
“…We’d like to see more of your work.”
Carleton Arts Review
“…It has some deliciously strange characters who you obviously enjoy writing about.”
Second Story Press
“…a lively narrative voice.”
The New Quarterly
“…some fine writing & hope you’ll submit to us again.”
Contemporary Verse 2
“…your stories intrigued our readers, particularly “Spanish Rice” which our fiction editor felt had some shining moments.”
Prism International