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Frankie MacFarlane is Back in a Gripping, Layered Whodunitnew
Fracture is Tucsonan Susan Cummins Miller's fifth Frankie MacFarlane mystery, and the scientist-turned-author is getting a handle on the genre.
Tucson Weekly |
Christine Wald-Hopkins |
04-13-2011 |
Fiction
Bear With Itnew
William W. Johnstone's latest Western is like 'Jaws' -- only with fur, claws and wagon trains.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
02-28-2011 |
Fiction
Pondering Parenting with Summer Woodnew
Her novel Wrecker takes a tender look at a troubled child.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
02-28-2011 |
Fiction
Tags: Summer Wood, Wrecker
Interrogating Donald Rumsfeldnew
Published by McSweeney's, Donald imagines what would happen if the former defense secretary were abducted to a detainment center much like Guantanamo or Bagram and subjected to "enhanced interrogation."
Tags: Donald Rumsfeld, Eric Martin
All Is Forgotten, Nothing is Lostnew
Lan Samantha Chang’s new book a nod to anyone tortured by their own aspirations.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
02-14-2011 |
Fiction
Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer Carves Up Disneyfied Classicnew
Van Jensen and Dusty Higgins' trilogy transcends vampire shtick.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-30-2010 |
Fiction
Emma Donoghue Hits Her Stride With Roomnew
In her research for Room, Donoghue says she was intrigued by the way people tend to "personalize" kidnapping cases they read about or see in the news.
Tags: Emma Donaghue
Weathercraft / Wilsonnew
Dan Clowes' Wilson and Jim Woodring's Weathercraft provide two different takes on the state of the graphic novel.
North Coast Journal |
Jay Aubrey-Herzog |
09-23-2010 |
Fiction
Algonquin Books' 25th edition of New Stories From the Southnew
Are guest editor Amy Hempel and series editor Kathy Pories pointing us to a change in Southern literature?
Tags: Amy Hempel
Rosanne Cash keeps composure, discusses new memoirnew
Cash discusses her feelings about the film Walk the Line, her early musical influences and having Morrissey as an in-law.
Tags: Rosanne Cash
Tar Heel poets write about cookingnew
In The Sound of Poets Cooking, a combined cookbook and poetry anthology, more than 60 poets ladle out enticing recipes and crafted verse, woven thematically together.
Tags: Richard Krawiec
Gary Shteyngart Writes Another Smelly Booknew
Gary Shteyngart's 'Super Sad True Love Story' tries to be many things. But primarily, it's the finest piece of anti-iPhone propaganda ever written, a cautionary tale full of distracted drones unwilling to tear themselves away from their little glowing screens long enough to make eye contact, let alone an actual lasting connection, with another human being.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
08-04-2010 |
Fiction
Tags: Gary Shteyngart
Chang-Rae Lee Hits Operatic Notes in 'The Surrendered'new
Epic, ambitious and expansive are the sort of words that tempt use when describing The Surrendered.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
04-13-2010 |
Fiction
Tags: Chang-rae Lee, The Surrendered
Lydia Kwa’s 'Pulse' is a courageous piece of fiction.new
It’s always pleasurable to read a novel set in Toronto, but the key to Pulse is Kwa’s spare yet evocative prose.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
04-02-2010 |
Fiction
Lit Review: Helen Humphreys’ 'Coventry'new
For the oft-tread territory of World War II, Helen Humphreys has the wisdom to limit the scope of her novel Coventry to create a more focused and intimate portrait.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Emily Currier |
03-16-2010 |
Fiction
Tags: Coventry, Helen Humphreys
