W. S. Merwin’s The Book of Fables
Wonder can matter more than statistics and facts
By Neil Shea Monday, July 6, 2015
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Collected Stories
Drippingly romantic and dead on
By S. C. Gwynne Monday, June 29, 2015
Peter Stamm’s Seven Years
A novel of delusion, obsession, and redemption
By Will Boast Monday, June 22, 2015
Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy
Utterly foreign and completely familiar
By Martha McPhee Monday, June 15, 2015
Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior
Setting your own seat at the table
By Bethany Vaccaro Monday, June 8, 2015
Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
Intimate relationships shaped by the movement of history
By Sierra Bellows Monday, June 1, 2015
Albert Camus’ The Stranger
The mysterious nature of literary influence
By Craig Nova Monday, May 4, 2015
Knut Hamsun’s Pan
A throbbing world of sensation and heartbreak
By Robert Roper Monday, March 21, 2016
Henry Beston’s The Outermost House
A parallel world of unknown sensation
By Sy Montgomery Monday, February 29, 2016
John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
A literary classic as thrilling as any airport paperback
By Matthew Quirk Monday, February 22, 2016
John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
Literary elegance and a sense of place
By Sally Denton Monday, January 25, 2016
Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
A sour vision of beauty and violence
By David Vann Monday, January 11, 2016
Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry
A perfect alchemy of language and experience
By Philip Marsden Monday, January 4, 2016
Richard Hugo’s 31 Letters and 13 Dreams
Missives about real places and authentic people
By Mas Masumoto Monday, December 28, 2015
