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What We Read
by Ann Marie Bausch When news of sexual assault allegations against author Junot Díaz broke in the spring of 2018, my first reaction was grief:
January 16, 2019
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R&S Book Reviews
Book Review
Pynchon in the Age of Paranoia
Considering our current moment, it would appear there’s no getting around our postmodern predicament at this point. The President is a former reality TV star, the U.S. has theoretically ceded its role as the leader of the free world, and the specter of a foreign power looms over the country. Sounds almost like the lampoon of a Michael Crichton novel (minus the time travel, of course) more than a real, present reality.
November 1, 2017
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Annie Proulx
Awareness First, Action Next: My Top Four Books of 2016
by Kristine Langley Mahler 2016 was filled with surprises that have challenged my resilience—an experience to which I’m sure many others can relate. As I reflect on
January 5, 2017
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Comfort Reads
by Amy Rice com·fort food noun food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically any with a high sugar or other carbohydrate content
September 3, 2015
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Adrian Gibbons Koesters
Review of Many Parishes by Adrian Gibbons Koesters
Many Parishes by Adrian Gibbons Koesters BrickHouse Books, 2013 Hard, dense, sometimes frightening, Koesters’ collection leaves me in awe of her ability and fearlessness. While we were
June 30, 2014
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Review of Rachel Zucker’s The Pedestrians
A Review of The Pedestrians by Rachel Zucker 143 Pages, $18 ISBN: 978-1-933517-89-6 Wave Books, 2014 A woman sings “Hey Jude” with a voice
April 10, 2014
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Better Food For A Better World
Erin McGraw’s Better Food For A Better World
by Nicole Sheets I’m less than a month away from my own nuptials, so a chunk of my summer reading has been accounts of weddings
August 13, 2013
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Amy Rice
Unexpected Spiritual Themes (And Creepy Faeries) In YA Paranormal Romance
by Amy Rice and Janine Darragh Janine and I knew we liked to read YA literature. We also might have deduced (Barnes & Noble’s signs
March 25, 2013
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Why Borislav Pekic is driving me crazy this week
By Vic Bobb, fiction editor The past half century has seen a remarkable number of talented Serbians contribute to the world’s store of interesting and
August 24, 2010
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