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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2009
THE GREAT PERHAPS
by Joe Meno
"Definitely out of the ordinary, and not the ideal book to digest in one sitting, but a mature step forward for this unsettling postmodernist."
Purposefully fragmented, often beguiling novel about a Chicago family's slow disintegration as its disgruntled members search in vain for the ethereal things they believe will set them free. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2008
MY REVOLUTIONS
by Hari Kunzru
"A considerably more ambitious and searching work than its predecessors."
An idealistic commitment to political and social change resonates throughout three decades in the Anglo-Indian author's vivid third novel. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2006
Kirkus Star TORCH
by Cheryl Strayed
"A hauntingly beautiful story written with tenderness and endowed with true insights into the frailty of relationships."
Cancer rocks the foundation of a Minnesota family in Strayed's debut novel. Read full book review >
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ADULT
Released: April 27, 2000
THE LEDGE
by Michael Collier
"Whether writing about the natural creatures of the world or about myth and personal history, Collier offers delight for both ear and mind."
A welcome new collection from a poet of distinction. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 29, 1999
ELEGY FOR THE SOUTHERN DRAWL
by Rodney Jones
"Despite himself, a tighter poet than his hero Whitman: Jones lacks the room to roam and yawp, though he's always eminently readable."
A southerner teaching in the cold North (Univ. of So. Read full book review >
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ADULT
Released: Dec. 31, 1998
DIASPORADIC
by Patty Seyburn
"Lighter verses, with suitable forms, praise the sublimity of New York City water or begrudge a friend her superior voice, but most of these resonant poems are God-centered, clear, and profound."
Selected by Molly Peacock for the 1997 Marianne Moore Prize, this impressive debut volume introduces a poet of remarkable versatility and intelligence: Seyburn's gentle wit and winning persona find inspiration in family history; her narratives and lyrics, with their varying lines, draw on her sense of Jewish identity and difference, whether as an assimilated midwestern girl, or in the voices of some lost women from the Bible. Read full book review >