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This Book Opens Younew
To read it is to find yourself complicit in anguished dreams, carved and quartered by the eerie harmonics of a jagged, many-edged voice.
A Keen Eyenew
Close observation in Diana Abu-Jaber's new novel.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
07-05-2007 |
Fiction
Dollar Daze
Elderly ladies caught comically by cupid's arrow in Augusta author's third Cayboo Creek caper.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Karin Gillespie, Dollar Daze
New Book Whispers from the Past
We have all felt, at some point in our lives, the drawing; the subtle voice of the past that whispers in our ear and draws us back to a simpler place and time -- this prophetic voice echoes throughout Memory's Keep.
Metro Spirit |
Tillman Russell |
07-05-2007 |
Fiction
Examining Charleston Jazz: Jack McCray's new book traces the rootsnew
S.C. writer Jack McCray digs deep into his hometown's musical background in his new 127-page collection. Essays and images explain and reassemble many of the stories and accounts from the last 100 years.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Erard Mines Applied Bluderologynew
The subtext -- and pretext -- of this book is that in 2007 you don't need a blunderologist to tell you that the most powerful man in the world is a gaffe factory.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Water From Stone': The Grass is Greenernew
Jeffrey Greene outlines J. David Bamberger's winding career, from door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman to Church's Fried Chicken co-founder to internationally lauded conservationist.
The Texas Observer |
Stayton Bonner |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Let's Pray Each Presidential Candidate is Perusing 'Second Chance'new
Brzezinski soberly explains how the United States has cumulatively squandered its top-banana world's policeman status since the Cold War ended -- with increasingly dire results.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
How Big is Harry Potter?new
Considering all the hype surrounding the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, you would think that the July 21 release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is one of the most anticipated events in human history. Well, almost.
Portland Phoenix |
Joel C. Theriault |
07-03-2007 |
Books
'Later, at the Bar' Suffers from a Flat Narrative Arcnew
Barry's first novel is a series of interconnected short stories, each loosely based around regulars at an upstate New York dive.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joab Jackson |
07-03-2007 |
Fiction
'The Killing Jar': An Unsparing Account of a Disastrous Childhoodnew
Why is it that we take such joy in reading fiction about the degradation of children?
Baltimore City Paper |
Stephen Peterson |
07-03-2007 |
Fiction
Go Way Out With 'Space Opera'new
After falling on hack times in the 1970s, the space opera makes a comeback.
Baltimore City Paper |
Adrienne Martini |
07-03-2007 |
Fiction
'Planet Reese': Feel-bad Funnew
Cordelia Strube creates a realm wrought with black comedy, depression and sympathy in her seventh novel.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
07-02-2007 |
Fiction
'Pushed': The Obstetric-Industrial Complexnew
Jennifer Block's expose on birth in America just emphasizes how little the problems of American obstetrics have changed.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
07-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Boomsday' Bustnew
Buckley can be really funny, and there are a few laugh-out-loud moments here, but he has a habit of stating the obvious.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-29-2007 |
Fiction
