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Ambition Achievednew

Richard Price betrays his cellular familiarity with the Lower East Side in Lush Life, his riveting eighth novel, without once sounding like he's broken a sweat.
The Portland Mercury  |  Chas Bowie  |  03-20-2008  |  Fiction

For the Love of Moneynew

Lydia Millet's sixth novel, How the Dead Dream, opens with an unforgettable image: A young boy named T. is so entranced by money that he purses coins in his mouth, as if to absorb the currency's mysterious power.
The Portland Mercury  |  Chas Bowie  |  03-06-2008  |  Fiction

English Speakers, Meet Tetsuo Miuranew

More than four decades after its original release, Miura's novel has been translated into English for the first time, introducing Western audiences not only to one of Japan's most revered writers.
The Portland Mercury  |  Chas Bowie  |  11-29-2007  |  Fiction

'Famous Writers School' Offers Chucklesnew

Steven Carter's novel zooms in on the fictional correspondence between an inept Famous Writers teacher and his three ragtag pupils.
The Portland Mercury  |  Chas Bowie  |  11-08-2007  |  Fiction

'McSweeney's 24': Gorgeous, As Alwaysnew

One half of the new McSweeney's consists entirely of a tribute to the postmodern master of short fiction, the late, great Donald Barthelme, with recollections by friends, colleagues, and admirers such as George Saunders, Ann Beattie, Robert Coover, and Lawrence Weschler.
The Portland Mercury  |  Chas Bowie  |  11-01-2007  |  Fiction

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