November 2005 |

Wednesday November 30, 2005
New York Times
Born to Slowhorses by Kamau Brathwaite
Review by Claudia LaRocco

Sunday November 27, 2005
New York Times Book Review
The Sea by John Banville
Review by Terrence Rafferty
Poetry Chronicle:
Startle Response by Heather Fuller
American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander
The Life of a Hunter by Michelle Robinson
Wise Fish by Adrian Castro
Midwest Eclogue by Dvid Baker
Thirty Years War by Patricia Ferrell
Quipu by Arthur Sze
Lampblack & Ash by Simone Muench
Company of Moths by Michael Palmer
Here, Bullet by Brian Turner
Review by Joshua Clover and Joel Brouwer
The Jungle Law by Victoria Vinton
Review by Mark Kamine
The Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew
Review by Wendy Smith
Washington Post Book World
I'll Never Be Long Gone by Thomas Christopher Greene
Review by Ron Charles
The Mad Cook of Pymatuning by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Review by Douglas E. Winter
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li
Review by Rodney Welch
Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas
Review by Kevin Allman
What Do You Do All Day by Amy Scheibe
Sleep With Me by Joanna Briscoe
The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
Review by Meg Wolitzer
San Francisco Chronicle
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Review by David Hellman
Monologue of a Dog: New Poems by Wislawa Szymborska
Review by Cynthia Haven
Cold Skin by Albert Sanchez Pinol
Review by Alan Cheuse
The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
Review by Allan M. Jalon
Chicago Tribune
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Review by Julia Keller
Boston Globe
Mission to America by Walter Kirn
Review by John Dicker

Tuesday November 22, 2005
New York Times
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Review by Michiko Kakutani

Sunday November 20, 2005
New York Times Book Review
Natural History: Poems by Dan Chiasson
Review by Kay Ryan
Absolute Watchmen by Alan Moore
Review by Dave Itzkoff
Collected Poems by Jane Kenyon
Review by Dana Goodyear
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing
Review by Lesley Downer
Chronicle:
If the Sky Falls: Stories by Nocholas Montemarano
A Perfect Pledge by Rabindranath Maharaj
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
The Elagin Affair and Other Stories by Ivan Bunin
Review by Gregory Cowles
Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz
Review by Neil Gordon
Washington Post Book World
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala
Review by Anderson Tepper
The Jungle Law by Victoria Vinton
Review by Art Taylor
The Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew
Review by Rachel Basch
The Pagoda in the Garden by Wendy Lesser
Review by Ron Charles
Here & Elsewhere: the Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke
Review by Michael Dirda
Chicago Tribune
The Sea by Joh Banville
Review by Gail Caldwell
Boston Globe
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Review by Bruce Allen

Thursday November 17, 2005
New York Times
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinna Iweala
Review by Janet Maslin

Sunday November 13, 2005
New York Times Book Review
A Time to Run by Barbara Boxer
Review by Ana Marie Cox
Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
Review by Charles McGrath
John Crow's Devil by Marlon James
Review by James Polk
The Succesor by Ismail Kadare
Review by Lorraine Adams
Washington Post Book World
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
Review by Melvin Jules Bukiet
The Sea by John Banville
Review by John Crowley
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill
Review by David Jays
Times Like These: Stories by Rachel Ingalls
Review by Francine Prose
Passion by Jude Morgan
Review by Nicholas Delbanco
Angelina's Children by Alice Ferney
Nothing Serious by Justine Lvy
The Old Child and Other Stories by Jenny Erpenbeck
Review by Mylne Dressler
Isle of Passion by Laura Restrepo
Review by Jennifer Vanderbes
Flashman on the March by George McDonald Fraser
Review by Michael Dirda
San Francisco Chronicle
A Time To Run by Barbara Boxer
Review by Daniel Handler
Phone Rings by Stephen Dixon
Review by Ron Antonucci
Times Like These by Rachel Ingalls
Review by Michelle Orange
The Town That Forgot to Breathe by Kenneth J. Harvey
Review by Jesse Berrett
Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow
Review by Stephen Lyons
Chicago Tribune
Christ the Lord by Anne Rice
Review by Alan Cheuse
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami
Review by Kathryn Masterson
Boston Globe
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill
Review by Don Lee

Sunday November 6, 2005
New York Times Book Review
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Review by Terrence Rafferty
Fathers and Daughters by Benjamin Markovits
Review by Bliss Broyard
The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
Review by Susann Cokal
Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow
Review by Joseph Kanon
Shorts: Stories by Alberto Fuguet
Review by Lenora Todaro
Washington Post Book World
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Review by Marie Arana
A Perfect Pledge by Rabindranath Maharaj
Review by Ron Charles
The Third Brother by Nick McDonell
Review by John Burdett
San Francisco Chronicle
Sleep with Me by Joanna Briscoe
Review by Allison Block
Hunger's Brides by Paul Anderson
Review by Peter S. Temes
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami
Review by Michelle Orange
The Identity Club: New and Selected Stories and Songs by Richard Burgin
Review by Floyd Skloot
The Guest by Hwang Sok-Yong
Review by Timothy Peters
Kinshu Autumn Brocade by Teru Miyamoto
Review by William Cherau
Chicago Tribune
Truth and Consequences by Alison Lurie
Review by Susan Reimer
Boston Globe
Dancing in the Dark by Caryl Phillips
Review by Richard Eder
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Review by Sarah Smith
The Sea by John Banville
Review by Gail Caldwell

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