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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Review: Sun City – Caitlin Horrocks

  • Post published:October 28, 2011
  • Post category:New Yorker/Short Story/Short Story Reviews
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In "Sun City" by Caitlin Horrocks a young woman goes through her recently deceased grandmother's belongings and tries to gain a better understanding of her grandmother in the process.  What…

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Review: Oubliette – David Long

  • Post published:October 27, 2011
  • Post category:New Yorker/Short Story/Short Story Reviews
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I want to be fair. I really do. But, "Oubliette" by David Long struck me as a narrow, pat story meant more for MFA-wielding literati, than for a broader audience.  For…

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Review: The Warsaw Anagrams – Richard Zimler

  • Post published:October 26, 2011
  • Post category:Novel/Novel Reviews
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In The Warsaw Anagrams, by Richard Zimler, the narrator, Erik Cohen, searches for the people who killed his nephew and two other children.  He's a psychiatrist, who was once respected, but now…

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Review: Starve a Rat – Justin Torres

  • Post published:October 19, 2011
  • Post category:Harper's/Short Story/Short Story Reviews
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If you haven't read "Starve a Rat" by Justin Torres, please do; it's wonderful.  Published in the October 2011 issue of Harper's, "Starve a Rat" deftly uses first-person point of…

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Review: Blackout – Connie Willis

  • Post published:October 17, 2011
  • Post category:Novel/Novel Reviews/Science Fiction
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Some books are read for pleasure. Other books are read to gain knowledge, to learn something factual or expand one's mind. Still, there are books that fit into neither categories.…

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Review: The Oregon Experiment – Keith Scribner

  • Post published:October 13, 2011
  • Post category:Novel/Novel Reviews/Reviews
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Anarchists, secessionists, and floundering academics!  Oh my! Keith Scribner's novel, The Oregon Experiment, follows Scanlon Pratt and his wife, Naomi Greenburg, as they move from New York City to Douglas,…

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Review: The House on Sand Creek – Thomas McGuane

  • Post published:October 3, 2011
  • Post category:New Yorker/Reviews/Short Story/Short Story Reviews
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Published in October 3rd, 2011 issue of The New Yorker, Thomas McGuane's "The House on Sand Creek" is a well-written story that can't wait to get to the punchline.  The…

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