Forks by Alix Ohlin
From Signs & Wonders by Alix Ohlin Knopf 2012 Tom and Stephanie come across Alan who is lying on the sidewalk, passed out, his war-torn leg at an odd angle.…
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Month: December 2011
Signs and Wonders by Alix Ohlin
I’m running down the street with a beautiful woman, she is everything I think I’ve ever wanted. Pretty but not overly aware of her beauty, but she knows it and takes it for granted.…
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Best of 2011, Part 4: Jason Chambers
The Bee Loud Glade by Steve Himmer – I loved this short novel about Finch, a corporate drone fired from his job creating fake lives in the blogosphere to promote his company’s products.…
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Best of 2011, Part 3: Dennis Haritou
With respect to Johnny’s sleepers concept, I’d rather name my choices after the espressos that I can no longer have. I’ll call them doppios.…
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Best of 2011, part 2: Jason Rice
Men Women & Children by Chad Kultgen: I’ve given this book to so many people it would seem like I’m starting a Chad Kultgen cult.…
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The Sleepers of 2011, part 1 – Jonathan Evison
JE: Very few titles were fortunate enough to receive the marketing budget or the bigtime roll-out that the Tiger’s Wife, The Marriage Plot, The Art of Fielding, Swamplandia, or (ahem) West of Here received in 2011.…
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Vivian Maier: Street Photographer
Are you your job? That’s the way most casual acquaintances judge us: “What do you do?” I’m wondering how Vivian Maier fell into being a nanny.…
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Flatscreen by Adam Wilson
The rumor around town is that debut novels have to have that “what’s next”quality, something to care about, even compelling. I have been stuck on the “compelling” issue of late, probably because a friend read something of mine and said, “there is nothing at risk here, nothing to care about.”…
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