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APRIL |
Friday April 30, 1999
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Review by Michiko Kakutani
Thursday April 29, 1999
Washington Post
Snow Man by Carolyn Chute
Review by Carolyn Banks
Sunday April 25, 1999
New York Times Book Review
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
Review by James E. Young
The Spell by Alan Hollinghurst
Review by Daniel Mendelsohn
Surrender, Dorothy by Meg Wolitzer
Review by Sylvia Brownrigg
The Sabbathday River by Jean Hanff Lorelitz
Review by James Polk
Book in Brief:
Jackstraws: Poems by Charles Simic
Review by Albert Mobilio
Burning Girl by Ben Neihart
Review by Michael Porter
The Disobedience of Water by Sena Jeter Naslund
Review by Maud Casey
Man of the Hour by Peter Blauner
Review by Scott Sutherland
Second Sight by Rickey Gard Diamond
Review by Patrick Farrell
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
Review by Bill Sharp
Washington Post
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Review by Marie Arana
Philadelphia Inquirer
A New Song by Jan Karon
Review by Martha Woodall
Still Life in Milford by Thomas Lynch
Review by Maggie Galehouse
San Francisco Chronicle
East of the Mountains by David Guteson
Review by Chitra Divakaruni
Breath and Shadows by Ella Leffland
Review by Alison Baker
East Bay Grease by Eric Miles Williamson
Review by Rick Del Vecchio
Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
Review by Melissa Levine
Heads by Harry by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Review by Charlotte Painter
The Dark Room by Julia Cameron
Review by Rebecca Radner
LA Times
Discoveries:
Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems by Mary Oliver
Night Gardening by E.L. Swann
Spiderweb by Penelope Lively
The Leper's Companion by Julia Blackburn
Carter Clay by Elizabeth Evans
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
Friday April 23, 1999
Washington Post
Surrender, Dorothy by Meg Wolitzer
Review by Carolyn See
Thursday April 22, 1999
Washington Post
Imani All Mine by Connie Porter
Review by Eisa Nefertari Ulen
Wednesday April 21, 1999
Washington Post
Spiderweb by Penelope Lively
Review by Jonathan Yardley
Sunday April 18, 1999
New York Times Book Review
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Review by Michael Wood
The Sea Came in at Midnight by Steve Erickson
Review by Geoff Nicholson
My People's Waltz by Dale Ray Phillips
Review by Gary Krist
The Mercy: Poems by Philip Levine
Review by Adam Kirsch
Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
Review by Suzanne Ruta
The Leper's Companions by Julia Blackburn
Review by Bruce Bawer
Books in Brief:
Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Review by Anderson Tepper
I Left My Back Door Open by April Sinclair
Review by Sarah Vowell
Cold Heart by Lynda La Plante
Review by Charles Flowers
Lost Daughters by Laurie Alberts
Review by Maggie Galehouse
Any Known Blood by Lawrence Hill
Review by Andy Solomon
Geographies of Home by Loida Maritza Perez
Review by Erica Sanders
Washington Post Book World
I Left My Back Door Open by April Sinclair
Review by Todd Kliman
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
Review by Michael Lowenthal
San Francisco Chronicle
Selected Poems by Jorge Luis Borges
Review by Geoff Dyer
A Darker Place by Laurie R. King
Review by Marc Igler
Divining Rod by Michael Knight
Review by Sarah Van Arsdale
Philadelphia Inquirer
Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems by Sonia Sanchez
Review by Holly Bass
St. Louis Post Dispatch
East of the Mountains by David Guterson
Review by Colleen Kelly Warren
Thursday April 15, 1999
New York Times
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Review by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Tuesday April 13, 1999
New York Times
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Review by Michiko Kakutani
Monday April 12, 1999
New York Times
A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan
Review by Richard Eder
Washington Post
Hart's War by John Katzenbach
Review by Rob Pegoraro
Sunday April 11, 1999
New York Times Book Review
Bone by Bone by Peter Matthiessen
Review by Sven Birkerts
Red Gold by Alan Furst
Review by Alan Riding
Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
Review by Mordecai Richler
Desire Line by Christina Baker Kline
Review by Laura Van Wormer
In the Empire of Dreams by Dianne Highbridge
Review by Janice P. Nimura
Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon by Joyce Carol Oates Writing as
Rosamond Smith
Review by Michael Pye
Second hand Smoke by Thane Rosenbaum
Review by Richard Lourie
Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie
Review by Elinor Lipman
Books In Brief: Poetry:
Handwriting by Michael Ondaatje
Review by Adam Kirsch
On the Bus With Rosa Parks by Rita Dove
Review by Matthew Flamm
A Kiss in Space by Mary Jo Salter
Review by Melanie Rehak
Girl on the Run by John Ashberry
Review by David Kirby
A Daughter's Latitude by Karen Swenson
Review by Joy Katz
Washington Post Book World
The Handyman by Carolyn See
Review by Donna Rifkind
The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber
Review by Deborah Sussman Susser
Philadelphia Inquirer
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
Review by Susan Minot
San Francisco Chronicle
High Infidelity: Twenty-Four Short Stories About Adultery; Edited by
John McNally
Review by Robert A. Cucinotta
Virgin Fiction [Stories by Various Young Unpublished Authors]
Review by Antonya Nelson
Best American Short Stories; Edited by Garrison Keillor
Review by Cathryn Alpert
LA Times
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A.S. Byatt
Review by Jonathan Levi
Discoveries:
Surrender Dorothy by Meg Wolitzer
Go West Young F*cked Up Chick by Rachel Resnick
Buried Onions by Gary Soto
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
St. Louis Post Dispatch
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Review by Robert Boyd
Friday April 9, 1999
New York Times
East of the Mountains by David Guterson
Review by Michiko Kakutani
Washington Post
Breath and Shadow by Ella Leffland
Review by Carolyn See
Thursday April 8, 1999
Washington Post
The Angry Angel and
The Soul of an Angel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Review by Brian Jacomb
Wednesday April 7, 1999
New York Times
Surrender, Dorothy by Meg Wolitzer
Review by Richard Bernstein
Washington Post
Adultery and Other Diversions by Tim Parks
Review by Jonathan Yardley
Sunday April 4, 1999
New York Times
Elegy for the Departure and Other Poems by Zbigniew Herbert
Review by Richard Eder
Evensong by Gail Godwin
Review by Claire Messud
The Electrical Field by Kerri Sakamoto
Review by Elizabeth Hanson
The River Sound: Poems by W.S. Merwin
Review by Melanie Rehak
The Sopranos by Alan Warner
Review by Charles Taylor
Books in Brief:
East Bay Grease by Eric Miles Williamson
Review by Sally Eckoff
The Testament by John Grisham
Review by Carol Peace Robins
Thine is the Kingdom by Abilio Estevez
Review by Jon Gareick
The Tale of a Dog by Lars Gustafsson
Review by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
The Umbrella Country by Bino A. Realuyo
Review by Laura Morgan Green
Washington Post Book World
Esperanza's Box of Saints by Maria Amparo
Review by Ruth Lopez
God is a Bullet by Boston Teran
Review by Bliss Broyard
Werewolves in Their Youth by Michael Chabon
Review by James Hynes
Other People's Children by Joanna Trollope
Review by Jonathan Yardley
San Francisco Chronicle
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
Review by David Wiegand
Girls on the Run by John Ashberry
Review by Garrett Caples
Vita Nova by Louise Gluck
Review by Tom Clark
The Sea Came in at Midnight by Steve Erickson
Review by David Lazarus
The Handyman by Carolyn See
Review by Paul Kafka
Remembering Jody by Randy Sue Coburn
Review by Jason K. Friedman
Evensong by Gail Godwin
Review by Mary Mackey
Dreamland by Kevin Baker
Review by Adam Mazmanian
Philadelphia Inquirer
Single & Single by John le Carre
Review by Carlin Romano
Evensong by Gail Godwin
Review by Peter Landry
The Leper's Companion by Julia Blackburn
Review by Frank Wilson
Werewolves in Their Youth by Michael Chabon
Review by Susan Balee
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Review by Mandy Davis
Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
Review by Michael Castro
Evensong by Gail Godwin
Review by Steven W. Lawler
A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan
Review by Helen Verongos
Friday April 2, 1999
New York Times
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
Review by Michiko Kakutani
Washington Post
Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
Review by Carolyn See
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