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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…