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That Thomas had worked for the Chronicle since 1976 was easily established, as was the fact that he’d published three brief novels since that date. Out of a sense of delicacy Carleton never mentioned that he owned all three of these, and found them elegant and elliptical, couched in prose that had the cadence of the King James Bible, and concerned
... See moreSarah Perry • Enlightenment
(Interested in being a better writer? Go buy yourself a copy of The Collected Stories by Grace Paley.)
Ann Patchett • This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry.
Jeanine Cummins • American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Julie and Faye are exchanging anecdotes and inclinations for the twentieth straight month. Julie tells Faye that she, Julie, best likes: contemporary poetry, unkind women, words with univocal definitions, faces whose expressions change by the second, an obscure and limited-edition Canadian encyclopedia called LaPlace’s Guide to Total Data, the gent
... See moreDavid Foster Wallace • Girl With Curious Hair
check out F. Scott Fitzgerald’s collection of seventeen short stories featuring Pat Hobby, a down-and-out screenwriter and boozing hack trying to still make a living in Hollywood.
Daniel Martin Eckhart • Write Write Write
Early Work — Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America
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