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A Widow’s Story
Joyce Carol OatesOates on her late husband and literary collaborator, Raymond J.… >>
By Nightfall
Michael CunninghamA middle-aged man discovers the beastly truths of beauty when… >>
Great House
Nicole KraussFour narrators and zero climax make for a tedious portrayal… >>
Like You’d Understand, Anyway
Jim ShepardLegendary Greeks and young American geeks come alive under the… >>
Self Portraits: Fictions
Frederic TutenA surreal and tender collection narrating all the lives a… >>
Stories in the Worst Way
Gary LutzA wordsmith cobbles together awe-inspiring sentences but sometimes falls short… >>
Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever
Justin TaylorNot quite attuned to the true voices of Generation Y.
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The Quick and the Dead
Joy WilliamsCharmingly morbid young girls’ lives tangle strangely following the deaths… >>
Thumbsucker
Walter KirnA thumb-sucking, pill-popping, Bible-toting joyride through middle-American ennui.
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The Shawl
Cynthia OzickCynthia Ozick contributes a dense and accomplished gem to the… >>
The History of Love
Nicole KraussLove and literature are the life-blood of this remarkable novel.
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Super Sad True Love Story
Gary ShteyngartA super funny, not-quite sad love story for the Facebook… >>
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley JacksonA demon child acts as her sister’s keeper in… >>
Jesus’ Son
Denis JohnsonMind-altering drugs take center stage in this boozy collection of… >>
Willoughby & the Moon
Greg FoleyAn eye-popping kid-tested, parent-ogled picture book.
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Tinkers
Paul HardingFiligreed sentences mark each minute of this Pulitzer Prize-winning tale… >>
What He's Poised to Do
Ben GreenmanSnail mail makes a comeback in these short stories.
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Giovanni’s Room
James BaldwinA wonderfully compressed vision of a man destined for loneliness.
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Joshua Ferris
By Tracy O’NeillA straight shooter unafraid of addressing the big bad malaises… >>
The Abyss of Human Illusion
Gilbert SorrentinoSorrentino’s last work is poisoned by its own sting.
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Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
Maile MeloyA sad little world in which the only requirements for… >>
William S. Burroughs
By Damian Van DenburghBurroughs challenged the machinations of literature itself.
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J. D. Salinger
By Eric SchneiderSalinger wrote the most influential coming-of-age novel in American literature,… >>
David Foster Wallace Author
By Emma HospelhornA wildly influential American author known for his innovative, occasionally… >>
