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Tag Archives: book review
You Are Not Dead
You Are Not Dead is a collection of poetry by Wendy Xu, © Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2013
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abstract, book review, contemporary poetry, death, loneliness, perspective, poetry, power, power dynamics
1 Comment
Winter Journal
Winter Journal is a memoir by Paul Auster, © Henry Holt 2012
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged body, book review, contemporary memoir, gender, loneliness, love, memoir, new york city, pain, perspective, physical experience, physical space, second person
2 Comments
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars is a novel by Peter Heller, © Knopf 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged apocalypse, apocalypse fiction, book review, contemporary fiction, death, fiction, friendship, homosocial space, killing, loneliness, loss, male space, men, novel, reality, ruthlessness, violence, women
2 Comments
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue is a novel by Michael Chabon, © HarperCollins 2012 *Click the book title to see Michael Chabon’s adorable web page for Telegraph Avenue & his fictional Brokeland Records
Posted in Book Review
Tagged absent fathers, blaxploitation, book review, business, California, contemporary fiction, disappointment, entrepeneurs, fatherhood, fathers, fiction, film, jazz, music, novel, Obama, record stores, records
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The Convalescent
The Convalescent is a novel by Jessica Anthony, © McSweeney’s Books 2010
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, book review, butchering, butchers, change, communication, connection, contemporary fiction, destiny, fate, fiction, health, history, Hungarian, Hungarian history, immigrant American experience, immigrant experience, loneliness, meat, medication, midgets, mutes, novel, odd, pain, perspective, quirky, reality, transformation
3 Comments
Woes of the True Policeman
Woes of the True Policeman is a novel by Roberto Bolaño and translated by Natasha Wimmer, © FSG 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged academia, book review, contemporary fiction, fiction, novel, research, scholarship, south america, south american literature
2 Comments
Sinners Welcome
Sinners Welcome is a collection of poetry (plus a bonus essay) by Mary Karr, © Harper Perennial 2006
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, american themes, book review, Catholicism, childhood, contemporary poetry, conversion, God, grief, loss, love, pain, poetry, power, religion, retrospective, transformation, violence
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Autobiography of Us
Autobiography of Us is a novel by Aria Beth Sloss, © Henry Holt 2013
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, book review, California, choice, contemporary fiction, debut, feminism, fiction, gender, gender revolution, loneliness, love, memory, perspective, retrospective, social causes, social revolution, women
2 Comments
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station is a novel by Ben Lerner, © Coffee House Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abstract, American experience, art, authenticity, book review, boredom, contemporary fiction, contemporary novel, emotional weight, fiction, language, living abroad, loneliness, Madrid, novel, perspective, poetry, power, reality, Spain, translation, travel, urban space, writing process
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American Appetites
American Appetites is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, © Harper & Row 1989
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, contemporary fiction, court, death, domestic space, domestic violence, existentialism, fear, feast, fiction, loneliness, novel, perspective, power, power dynamics, relationships, violence
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