February 25th, 2010
A first novel by playwright Jillian Weise tackles the moral and ethical questions surrounding both medical research and human relationships. …more
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December 8th, 2009
Kurt Caswell’s memoir describes his year teaching in a place of violence, despair, doubt… and hope. …more
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October 8th, 2009
Despite this novel’s serious flaws, it is a gratifying experience. You don’t so much read Lorrie Moore’s books as inhabit them—after which they inhabit you. …more
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September 12th, 2009
Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler takes a crack at the underworld in a hit-and-miss new novel. …more
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September 8th, 2009
Lydia Peelle’s stories focus on scurrilous ne’er-do-wells who flail about in circumstances beyond their control. …more
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September 7th, 2009
A playwright’s first novel takes on adolescence and grief in a post-9/11 world …more
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June 22nd, 2009
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés’s stories about refugees from the Mariel Boatlift present the conflicts and loneliness of exile.
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May 11th, 2009
Two recent novels bend history to the will of their authors. …more
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February 22nd, 2009
A review of So Many Ways to Sleep Badly, by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore …more
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