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Tag Archives: emotional weight
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
2 Comments
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior is a novel by Barbara Kingsolver, © HarperCollins 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged adaptation, adultery, American south, book review, Christianity, contemporary fiction, culture, emotional weight, feminism, fiction, global warming, knowledge, loneliness, love, marriage, miracle, novel, perspective, power, reality, religion, southern culture, supernatural, women, women's issues
2 Comments
Child Wonder
Child Wonder is a novel by Roy Jacobsen and translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw, © Graywolf Press 2011 *Wow sorry for the mishap. I wrote this last week and it never published! Enjoy two videos this week! Woo-hoo!
Memoirs of a Porcupine
Memoirs of a Porcupine is a novel by Alain Mabanckou and translated by Helen Stevenson, © Soft Skull Press 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged African literature, animals, book review, contemporary fiction, emotional weight, fiction, French African literature, guilt, novel, oral storytelling, pace, perspective, porcupine, responsibility, serial killer, supernatural, superstition, transcript, translation, violence
5 Comments
The Translation of the Bones (at long last)
The Translation of the Bones is a novel by Francesca Kay, © Scribner 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, Catholicism, Christianity, contemporary fiction, death, emotional weight, fiction, miracle, novel, power, religion, supernatural
5 Comments
Open City
Open City is a novel by Teju Cole, © Random House 2011 You hadn’t heard about Cormac’s Olivetti? Check it out.
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, classics, contemporary, contemporary fiction, debut, emotional weight, fiction, lens, lonely, narrator, new york city, novel, perspective, postmodernism, reading, trust, urban space
12 Comments
The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands is a collection of poetry by Nick Flynn, © Graywolf Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abu ghraib, book review, contemporary, contemporary poetry, emotional weight, knowledge, language, nick flynn, pain, perspective, poetry, testimony, violence, witness
5 Comments
Glaciers
Glaciers is a novel by Alexis M. Smith, © Tin House Books 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, books, contemporary fiction, debut, emotional weight, fiction, global warming, iraq war, love, novel, portland
4 Comments
Bed
Bed is a novel by David Whitehouse, © Scribner 2011.
Posted in Book Review
Tagged bed, book review, brother, contemporary fiction, debut, emotional weight, fiction, inventor, lonely, love, obesity, pain, suicide, weight
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