Category: Books

December 1, 2008

>A Mercy by Toni Morrison

>A Mercy Toni Morrison Knopf 2008 This is an extraordinary book. One of the things that impresses me about Toni Morrison–and frustrates me at…
November 21, 2008

>The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter

>I have just finished reading The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter, winner of last year’s Flannery O’Connor Award for short fiction,…
November 11, 2008

>Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan

>Last Night at the LobsterStewart O’NanViking 2007 Stewart O’Nan has written a dozen or so books (and, in fact, is currently on tour for…
October 28, 2008

>The End of the Straight and Narrow by David McGlynn

>The End of the Straight and Narrow by David McGlynn is one of those rare story collections that doesn’t allow the reader to take…
October 13, 2008

>To Be Read: Margaret Luongo, David McGlynn, Andrew Porter

>I love books. As a result, I end up owning more than I can read. But among the books that are in my TBR…
August 25, 2008

>Somebody Else’s Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage

>It’s fun to read a book by friend. It can be a slight problem if you don’t like the book, but if the book…
August 16, 2008

>Florida by Christine Schutt

>Christine Schutt’s Florida is an impressive work. It is a deep, but impressionistic, portrait of a complex family, with extraordinary glimpses into the mind…
August 13, 2008

>The Family by Jeff Sharlet

>Until I learned of this book, The Family, by Jeff Sharlet, I was not aware of the organization Sharlet writes about. I knew there…
August 4, 2008

>My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin

>My Half of the Sky Jana McBurney-Lin Komenar Publishing My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin was published two years ago (the paperback…
July 13, 2008

>The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey

>The House on Fortune Street Margot Livesey Harper ($24.95) It’s quite possible that there are Jane Eyre parallels in this novel that I’m missing,…
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