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Sarah Simpson
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Sarah Simpson: The Last Book I Loved, The Subterraneans
Truman Capote famously said that what Jack Kerouac did wasn’t writing, but typing. I take just as much offense today to this slander as I did ten years ago as an undergraduate when first hearing it quoted by an English…
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Sarah Simpson: The Last Books I Loved, Peace and War and Peace
Knowing that War and Peace is Richard Bausch’s favorite book, it seemed only right—especially considering its title—that I read his latest novel, Peace, on the heels of Count Tolstoy’s tome. Its brevity also appealed to me. After spending six months…
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Sarah Simpson: The Last Book I Loved, Something is out there.
Green is the dominant color on the jacket of Richard Bausch’s latest short story collection. A red-headed woman (or girl; it’s hard to tell which) stands in the foreground at the bottom right corner.