To be more accurate, Dossier K. was not “written” at all; it is a two hundred page interview that editor Zolatán Hafner conducted with the author during 2003 and 2004.
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Review • Dossier K. by Imre Kertész
Review • Thinner Than Skin by Uzma Aslam Khan
Unfolding in the icy climes and unfriendly peaks of the glaciers of north Pakistan, the novel is narrated by Nadir, a Pakistani photographer living in San Francisco, and Maryam, a gypsy lady from a nomadic tribe in north Pakistan
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Note • Mo Said she was Quirky by James Kelman
One thing that’s for sure about James Kelman’s new novel Mo said she was quirky is that it won’t leave readers indifferent. Kelman’s style and innovative narrative technique will either bring delight or disgust, but little in between.
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Review • The Whispering Muse, The Blue Fox, and From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón
Sjón has been able to internalize the rhythm, tone, and structure of these classic literary forms, and then brilliantly recreate the ancient art of storytelling for a post-modern age.
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Review • Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
To be sure, Red Moon is tapping into contemporary monster fiction popularity, but it does so while attempting to join the history of the social novel as well.
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Review • Fidel Castro by Nick Castior
Fidel Castro is brief, flows smoothly through six decades, and outlines the development of Castro’s political consciousness and official ideology, from Nationalism to Communism and back again.
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Review • Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash
Considering the glut of zombies lunching on people’s feet and pallid vampires sucking down plasma in fiction these days, it’s refreshing to find a different variety of horror, sadness and human emotion in Nothing Gold Can Stay, Ron Rash’s superb short story collection.
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Review • A Guide to Being Born by Ramona Ausubel
Fortunately for readers, Ausubel is here to guide us through her richly imagined worlds with grace and sensitivity, wiping away the sentimentality to get to the heart of what it means to survive under the weight of tragedy.
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Review • I Don’t Know I Said by Matthew Savoca
I Don’t Know I Said tells the story of a young twenty-something couple traveling nomadically across America in search of finding what they can’t even manage to put into words. Something.
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Note • Forty-One Jane Doe’s by Carrie Olivia Adams
Drawing on quotes from Stephen Hawking, Leonard Euler, and Pythagoras, Adams embraces science and mathematics to create a wonderland of words. She is at once large in her curiosities and gentle in her explorations.
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Fiction • Kennesaw Mountain by Laura Usselman
Brian is getting further and further away from me in the storm, but still I do not call out for him to stop. I don’t know how he can see to guide himself through the pitch darkness of these woods. The storm hasn’t begun to flash and roar the...
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Interview • Sjón
I’m a little bit surprised at how exotic people think the books are. It tells me that maybe my way of thinking is a little bit stranger than I had realized.
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| MFA Corner | University of Oregon
The MFA students form a very strong, supportive community, holding regular readings at a local bookstore and meeting informally with each other throughout the year. Eugene is a pleasant city tailored to student life and interests, with affordable housing, a diversity of cafes and restaurants, an active music...
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| MFA Corner | University of Massachusetts
There is always an invigorating exchange going on, and always courses in which writers and poets gather together, as well as readings and involvement of alumni who stay in the area because it’s a lovely place to live.
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Fiction • Mendel’s Wall by Jai Chakrabarti
As soon as Shabbos ended, Mendel went for his heavy tools. He had enough sheetrock in the basement—that wouldn’t be a problem—but first he made himself a coffee and added a bit of schnapps. He poured a little into his palm and rubbed it behind his ears like perfume. ...
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| MFA Corner | Colorado State University
Through our portfolio (which requires annotations and/or a critical paper), students are expected to read widely and rigorously. We believe that this particular challenge is crucial for students’ writing.
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Fiction • The Mexicans Never Ask by Chiara Barzini
The Mexicans never ask what you want to focus on and expect you to understand their every little point of view. They put you in an attic and give you clothes that smell like camphor and disinfectant sprays. They shake their heads at you because you fear the hurricane...
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Why the VIDA Count is Bullshit
And for those truly concerned with sexism in the literary arts, wouldn’t a more sensible analysis have compared compensation for a man and a woman? In other words, VIDA is asking the wrong question, and is encouraging a misconceived line of inquiry.
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The Coffin Factory Social
Interviews
Writing, Editing, and Publishing in the Americas
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