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Last Wednesday night I went to the Hammer to see Karen Russell and Salvatore Scibona. I got a seat in the front row, and pre-show, was eavesdropping on a conversation that Aimee Bender (seated behind me) was having with another (…)
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I guess summer came early, because I’m deep into some retro girl angst. This time of year always makes me want to read Miriam Toews’s A Complicated Kindness and watch New Waterford Girl. (Those are both Canadian, which is kind (…)
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People have been asking me what I think of Swamplandia!, as I may, possibly, have been the most excited person on the planet for its release. So here’s my official response: ehn. It’s okay. ‘Ava Wrestles the Alligator’ was pure (…)
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Swamplandia!, Karen Russell Duh. Vestments, John Reimringer Three Guys One Book called it an “astoundingly good book.” Also, I’ve never read a book about a priest. Bad Marie, Marcy Dermansky This one’s been on my radar for a while; references (…)
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Hush (subtle drumroll, please). It’s here. And it’s beautiful. I’ve been waiting for this day since ‘Ava Wrestles the Alligator‘ was published in the Summer, 2006 issue of All-Story. I read it at least ten times when I got it (…)
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Tonight, as you clink glasses with friends and loved ones, perhaps gathered around the glowing hearth, or more likely, hovering over the glow of the television, which can be equally enchanting on an evening such as this; as you reflect (…)
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