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Top 10 Recommendations: What I Read in 2018
Dec 29

Dec 29 Top 10 Recommendations: What I Read in 2018

Lauren Mangiaforte
Oh, Body: Four Books About the Flesh
Aug 2

Aug 2 Oh, Body: Four Books About the Flesh

Lauren Mangiaforte
Growing Up Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Unshakable Midwesternness
Jul 10

Jul 10 Growing Up Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Unshakable Midwesternness

Lauren Mangiaforte
The Past Isn't Past: Here in Berlin by Christina García
May 16

May 16 The Past Isn't Past: Here in Berlin by Christina García

Lauren Mangiaforte
Into Oblivion: By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
Apr 9

Apr 9 Into Oblivion: By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño

Ian Ross

Roberto Bolaño gave meaning to books, he found more than a use for these shadows; he presented us with their transformative power, their prescience.

The Most Ravishing Sentence: Ulysses by James Joyce
Mar 21

Mar 21 The Most Ravishing Sentence: Ulysses by James Joyce

Ian Ross
These Beautiful Depths: The Sea by John Banville
Feb 28

Feb 28 These Beautiful Depths: The Sea by John Banville

Ian Ross
Another WWII Novel: All the Light We Cannot See
Jan 9

Jan 9 Another WWII Novel: All the Light We Cannot See

Lauren Mangiaforte
What I Read Last Year: Reviews
Dec 28

Dec 28 What I Read Last Year: Reviews

Lauren Mangiaforte
Into the Deep End: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Dec 24

Dec 24 Into the Deep End: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Ian Ross
Wandering & Pondering: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Nov 17

Nov 17 Wandering & Pondering: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Ian Ross
A Spectacle of Literary Envy: The Information by Martin Amis
Sep 28

Sep 28 A Spectacle of Literary Envy: The Information by Martin Amis

Ian Ross
James Salter: A Life From Scratch
Jul 2

Jul 2 James Salter: A Life From Scratch

Ian Ross
Gritted White Teeth: on Literary Envy and Zadie Smith
Jun 28

Jun 28 Gritted White Teeth: on Literary Envy and Zadie Smith

Lauren Mangiaforte
All Unhappy Women Are Alike: My Poorly-Timed Summer with Anna Karenina
Jun 27

Jun 27 All Unhappy Women Are Alike: My Poorly-Timed Summer with Anna Karenina

Lauren Mangiaforte
A Star-Studded Affair: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Jun 27

Jun 27 A Star-Studded Affair: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Ian Ross

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