May 2003 |
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Thursday May 29, 2003
New York Times
Maneater by Gigi Levangie Grazer
Review by Janet Maslin
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Tuesday May 27, 2003
New York Times
Mortals by Norman Rush
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Monday May 26, 2003
New York Times
Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell
Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
Review by Janet Maslin
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Sunday May 25, 2003
New York Times Book Review
The Marriage of the Sea by Jane Alison
Review by Margot Livesey
The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy
Review by Paul Baumann
Willow Temple: New & Selected Stories by Donald Hall
Review by Matthew Flamm
Beyond Silence: Selected Shorter Poems, 1948-2003 by Daniel Hoffman
Review by Eric McHenry
Washington Post Book World
The Marriage of the Sea by Jane ALison
Review by Robert Girardi
The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
Review by Heather Havrilesky
Gilgamesh by Joan London
Review by Elizabeth Ward
Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla
Review by Michael Kernan
The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy
Review by Jane Vandenburgh
San Francisco Chronnicle
The Bug by Ellen Ullman
Review by Jules Siegel
The Deep and Other Stories by Mary Swan
Review by Caroline Leavitt
Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks
Review by Robert Hurwitt
Vicious Spring by Hollis Hampton-Jones
Review by Rachel Howard
Chicago Tribune
A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer
Review by Amanda Vaill
When Luba Leaves Home by Irene Zabytko
Review by Julie Parson-Nesbitt
Mortals by Norman Rush
Review by Alan Cheuse
Man About Town by Mark Merlis
Review by Adam Davis
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Voyage of the Destiny by Robrt Nye
Review by Sheila Farr
LA Times
Best Friends by Thomas Berger
Review by Michael Harris
Lay Back the Darkness by Edward Hirsch
Review by Dana Goodyear
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Monday May 19, 2003
New York Times
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
Review by Janet Maslin
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Sunday May 18, 2003
New York Times Book Review
Sappho's Leap by Erica Jong
Review by Joy Connolly
Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia
Review by Jennifer Schuessler
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Review by Sven Birkerts
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction by Karl Iagnemma
Review by Jim Holt
Ice Cream by Helen Dunmore
Review by Sarah Ferguson
Books in Brief:
The Kalahari Typing School For Men by Alexander McCall Smith
Review by Alida Becker
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
Review by John Hartl
Money For Nothing by Donald Westlake
Review by Carol Peace Robins
Bad News of the Heart by Douglas Glover
Review by Matthew Flamm
Eleven Karens by Peter Lefcourt
Review by Sarah Smith
Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen
Review by Benjain Swett
Washington Post Book World
Tide Running by Oonya Kempadoo
Review by Glenville Lovell
Dragon Bones by Lisa See
Review by Michael Kernan
Bloodvine by Aris Janigan
Review by Robin Dougherty
The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry
Review by Robert Wilson
Screwball by David Ferrell
Ballpark Blues by C.W. Tooke
Review by Jonathan Mahler
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
Review by Susan Dooley
A Version of Love by Millicent Dillon
Review by Elaine Showalter
San Francisco Chronicle
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
Review by David Kipen
The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy
Review by Adair Lara
The End of Youth by Rebecca Brown
Review by Dodie Bellamy
Hungry Ghost by Keith Kachtick
Review by Steve Hermanos
Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen
Review by Gabriella Gershenson
Chicago Tribune
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Review by Alan Cheuse
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Review by Nara Schoenberg
Philadelphia Inquirer
The One Abiding by Frederick Morgan
Review by Frank Wilson
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Review by Susan Balee
LA Times
King Bongo by Thomas Snachez
Review by Michael Harris
First Fiction:
The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction by Karl Iagnemma
Review by Mark Rozzo
Newsday
Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks
Review by Meghan O'Rourke
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Tuesday May 12, 2003
New York Times
Oryx and Crake by Margatet Atwood
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Sunday May 11, 2003
New York Times Book Review
The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
Review by Karen Karbo
Getting MOther's Body by Suzan Lori Parks
Review by Laura Miller
The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy
Review by Claire Dederer
Washington Post Book World
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
Review by Jenny Offill
Sins of the 7th Sister by Huston Curtiss
Review by Kevin Allman
The Long Silence of Mario Salviati
Review by Anderson Tepper
Signal & Noise by John Griesemer
Review by John Freeman
San Francisco Chronicle
King Bongo by Thomas Sanchez
Review by Elisa Ludwig
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
Review by Dan Cryer
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Review by Ann Cummins
Hunger by Elise Blackwell
Review by Carmela Ciuraru
The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
Review by Kim Hedges
Portrait of My Mother Who Posed Nude in Wartime by Marjorie Sandor
Review by Timothy Peters
Fleur de Leigh in Exile by Diane Leslie
Review by Martin Rubin
Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia
Review by Monica Wood
The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters
Review by Carol Doup Muller
Chicago Tribune
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies by John Murray
Review by Jane Ciabattari
Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen
Review by Bob Blaisdell
Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest by B.H. Fairchild
Review by Elise Paschen
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Pilots by James Spencer
Review by Steve Weinberg
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction: Stories by Karl Iagnemma
Review by Carlin Romano
Legacy by Alan Judd
Review by Frank Wilson
LA Times
Oryx and Crake by Maregaret Atwood
Review by Michael Harris
Newsday
The Bug by Ellen Ullman
Review by Kerry Fried
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Wednesday May 7, 2003
New York Times
The Colour by Rose Tremain
Review by Richard Eder
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Sunday May 4, 2003
New York Times Book Review
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
Review by Anthony Quinn
Dread by Ai
Review by Vijay Seshadri
Loot ond Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer
Review by Claire Messud
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
Review by Laura Jamison
We Pierce by Andrew Huebner
Review by D.T. Max
Book in Brief:
The Hit by Jere Hoar
Review by Dante Ramos
A Father's Affair by Karel van Loon
Review by Amy Benfer
Beautiful Girls by Beth Ann Bauman
Review by Dan Kaufman
The Hills of Holland; Poems by Esther Schor
Review by Matthew Flam
Since the Layoffs by Iain Levison
Review by Max Winter
The Clarinet Polka by Keith Maillard
Review by Etelka Lehocky
The Bobby Gols Stories by Anthony Bourdain
Review by King Kaufman
Washington Post Book World
The Clarinet Polka by Keith Maillard
Review by Zofia Smardz
Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks
Review by Susan Straight
Sappho's Leap by Ericas Jong
Review by katherine A. Powers
The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu
Review by Gregory Feeley
San Francisco Chronicle
Good Faith by Jane Smiley
Review by David Kipen
Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla
Review by Alan Cheuse
A Version of Love by Millicent Dillon
Review by Kera Bolonik
Family History by Dani Shapiro
Review by Miriam Wolf
Heredity by Jenny Davidson
Review by Olivia Boler
Alabanza by Martin Espada
Review by John Freeman
Bestial Noise: The Tin House Fiction Reader
Review by Chuck Leddy
Chicago Tribune
Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia
Review by Beth Kephart
The Blue Moon Circus by Michael Raleigh
Review by Jillian Dunham
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Review by Bich Minh Nguyen
Philadelphia Inquirer
Good Heart by Deborah Keenan
Review by Diane Scharper
Loot by Nadine Gordimer
Review by Phaedra Trethan
LA Times
Poems the Size of Photographs by Les Murray
Review by Andrew Frisardi
Middle Earth by Henri Cole
Review by Dana Goodyear
Loot by Nadine Gordimer
Review by Michael Harris
First Fiction:
Hunger by Elise Blackwell
The Buzzing by Jim Knipfel
Review by Mark Rozzo
Newsday
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
Review by Sylvia Brownrigg
The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy
Review by Stephanie Zacharek
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Thursday May 1, 2003
New York Times
We Pierce by Andrew Huebner
Review by Janet Maslin
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