AltWeeklies Wire
The Literature of Sufferingnew
Abani doesn't simply serve up another steaming dish of atrocity -- he strives for something more sublime and illusive.
L.A. Weekly |
Nathan Ihara |
04-27-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Becoming Abigail, Chris Abani
A Real Life-Saver?new
Doughnuts and sinkholes make for an unconvincing L.A. transcendence.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
04-26-2006 |
Fiction
Psychedelic Sunspotsnew
This is a tale of star-crossed lovers in 1950s Mississippi, when a white sheriff falls in love with a mixed-race woman.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
04-20-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Carolyn Haines, Penumbra
American Dreamsnew
Performance artist Karen Finley does sociopolitical slash fiction.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: George and Martha, Karen Finley
The Magic Numbersnew
There are at least 13 ways of looking at world-weaver David Mitchell's bewitching 13-part novel.
The Village Voice |
Ed Park |
04-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
Dual Brilliancenew
Short-listed for last year's Man Booker Prize, Smith's third novel is a clever postmodern confection filled with wordplay and formal inventiveness and cultural references both high and low.
Seattle Weekly |
Mary Park |
04-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ali Smith, The Accidental
Back in Timenew
Lesbiana's best novelist tries a major experiment in The Night Watch -- a backwards narrative.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
04-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Sarah Waters, The Night Watch
Mutationsnew
This is a hairy swan song from the late Tristan Egolf.
The Village Voice |
James Browning |
04-05-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Kornwolf, Tristan Egolf
I Wrote a Book 'Bout Rock 'n' Rollnew
At long last, Dr. Frank steps onto the literary stage.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
04-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Frank Portman, King Dork
Turban Sprawlnew
A hungover detective searches for a missing prostitute amid the immigrant hub and criminal underworld of West London.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Willa Rohrer |
04-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: City of Tiny Lights, Patrick Neate
Novel Treatmentnew
This novel's framing and dominant narrative, set in present day, allows the author to draw parallels between AIDS and smallpox.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-31-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Julia Alvarez, Saving the World
A for Zednew
Zed is the definition of provocative, if you can handle it -- and you should try.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Elizabeth McClung, Zed
Bildungsromanesquenew
David Mitchell's novel tracks an 80s adolescence.
L.A. Weekly |
Claire Messud |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
Death and Healingnew
Strayed's impressive debut illuminates the profound difficulty of a mother's death.
Willamette Week |
Lisa Hoashi |
03-29-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Cheryl Strayed, Torch
Quantum Qualitynew
Mobius Dick is a page-turning fusion of
fiction and physics.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-24-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Andrew Crumey, Mobius Dick
