Richard Russo's New Novel is a Beach Read With a Grit of Sand

New Haven Advocate | August 11, 2009

Despite its flaws, That Old Cape Magic succeeds as a funny, forgiving profile of a man crawling his way towards self-knowledge just in time to make things right.

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Tags: Richard Russo, That Old Cape Magic, fiction

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Getting Under the Hood of James Wood's New Fiction Manifestonew

The critical response can only be personal, which is why critics have had so much fun reviewing this earnest, intelligent and cranky little book. The problem with the overambitious title is easily solved by adding a simple preposition between title and author: How Fiction Works For James Wood.

New Haven Advocate | Jolisa Gracewood | 09-02-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Nonfiction Reviews, How Fiction Works, James Wood

Lavinia Greenlaw's Book is for Anyone Who Was Ever a Girl or Has Ever Loved Musicnew

Music's remorseless grip on our hearts and minds is the subject of British novelist and poet Lavinia Greenlaw's slow-burning, exquisitely idiosyncratic new book, The Importance of Music to Girls. In bite-sized chapters, Greenlaw hurtles down the rabbit hole and reconstructs her musical education, starting with her earliest memories and ending with her leaving school.

New Haven Advocate | Jolisa Gracewood | 08-05-2008 | Fiction

Tags: Fiction Reviews, Lavinia Greenlaw, The Importance of Music to Girls

Two New Affecting Books About Loving, and Being, Childrennew

Frances Richey's book of poems The Warrior: A Mother's Story of a Son at War and A.M. Holmes' memoir The Mistress's Daughter are "children's literature" in the most literal way.

New Haven Advocate | Jolisa Gracewood | 05-13-2008 | Books

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Fortunately, Peter Hedges Decided Against Writing A 'Serious' Booknew

Peter Hedges’ novel The Heights is crying to be filmed. I assume it will be and I recommend everyone read it before you’re forced to buy a copy with a stupid movie tie-in cover.

New Haven Advocate | Eva Geertz | 03-16-2010 | Fiction

Tags: The Heights, Peter Hedges

T.C. Boyle, Still Goading the Opinionated After All These Yearsnew

A new collection of stories is something to get excited about. My appetite for Wild Child was whetted reading A Death in Kitchawank, in a recent New Yorker. I know that I plan to spend a few hours as a happy subject of literary manipulation, as soon as I lay hands on Boyle's latest.

New Haven Advocate | Eva Geertz | 02-02-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Wild Child and Other Stories, T.C. Boyle

Could a Controversial Book Cause a Miscarriage of Justice?new

'In the Middle of the Night' revisits the morning of July 23, 2007, when Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes (allegedly) invaded the home of Dr. William Petit, beating him with a baseball bat and raping, torturing and murdering his wife and two daughters.

New Haven Advocate | Craig Fehrman | 02-02-2010 | Books

Tags: Brian McDonald, In the Middle of the Night, Joshua Komisarjevsky, Steven Hayes, William Petit

Amy Bloom's (Mostly) New Stories Look for What Matters Mostnew

Amy Bloom's new collection is a revelation of the emotional violence and loss within friendship and complicated love. Many writers would do well to heed Bloom, who can compound the very essence of a relationship in a single phrase.

New Haven Advocate | Nora Nahid Khan | 01-19-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Amy Bloom, Where The God of Love Hangs Out, short stories

Philosopher Peter Singer Wants You to Give Away Your Moneynew

The premise of The Life You Can Save is simple: With so much conspicuous affluence in the world, especially in the U.S., there's no good reason for so much poverty to exist. Singer's solution? Give away a reasonable percentage of your money.

New Haven Advocate | John Stoehr | 10-27-2009 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, tithing, poverty, Peter Singer, nonprofits

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