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Ultimately Unpalatablenew

Reynolds' resume is impressive -- but he is also a pompous blowhard and a serial ingrate.
Artvoice  |  Jill Froebel  |  04-27-2007  |  Nonfiction

Jackson's Conclusions are Nothing Short of Astonishingnew

Half Life is a labyrinth of plot twists embedded with the history of twofer culture, tied together by Jackson's darkly humorous language play that mines the possibilities of campy twin culture.
Artvoice  |  Christina Milletti  |  03-30-2007  |  Fiction

'A Building With Eyes'new

DaZE's most insistent concern is its days: the daily news, the daily grind, the details of war and weird science that enter our lives on a daily basis.
Artvoice  |  Victoria Brockmeier  |  03-05-2007  |  Poetry

A Fascinating Explorationnew

In her sumptuous new collection of stories, Soueif details the lives of a series of Arab women as they traverse the cultural line that divides East from West.
Artvoice  |  Jill Froebel  |  02-16-2007  |  Fiction

Permutated Pastsnew

Borzutzky appropriates history, various mythologies and dadaism into symbolic forms, slices of satirical drama, even contemporary parable.
Artvoice  |  Forrest Roth  |  02-02-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

The Confessional Letternew

In this well-researched novel where past and present, East and West, collide poignantly, Amis enables us to imagine a past so oppressive that the narrator cannot even refer to Stalin by name.
Artvoice  |  Laura Nathan  |  01-19-2007  |  Fiction

Between Despair and Possibilitynew

Byrne puts into dialogue the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- as experienced through the mediation of headlines and news stories.
Artvoice  |  Rosa Alcala  |  01-16-2007  |  Poetry

The Populist Poetnew

Pomerhn's third book is a guided tour through the crumbling American mindscape.
Artvoice  |  Brian McMahon  |  01-05-2007  |  Poetry

Neither Prescriptive nor Naivenew

Cairns crafts poems of faith in an age when readers are liable to greet the subject with cynicism.
Artvoice  |  Tony Leuzzi  |  12-22-2006  |  Poetry

Reasserting the Power of Creeley's Versenew

Why has a poet with such depth of feeling, technical virtuosity and an oft-imitated style elicited such a critical backlash? Most of it has nothing to do with the work itself.
Artvoice  |  Michael Kelleher  |  10-13-2006  |  Poetry

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