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• Vivian Gornick: The End of the Novel of Love (1997) Essays on Literature

  

  In these essays Vivian Gornick examines a century of novels in which authors have portrayed women who challenge the desire to be swept away by passion. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong March 31 2014: March by Geraldine Brooks

  

  Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-born writer whose second book, the Civil War novel March, received the Pulitzer Prize in 2006. The book is inspired by Louisa... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ellen Gilchrist: In the Land of Dreamy Dreams (1981)

  

  In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Ellen Gilchrist’s acclaimed 1981 debut collection of short stories, introduced readers to a remarkable Southern voice which has... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Michael Shaara: The Killer Angels (1974) Literature and War Readalong February...

  

  Books are not always the way we expect them to be. Still, I’ve only rarely been this wrong. I was afraid Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winner would be dry,... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lucie Whitehouse: Before We Met (2014)

  

  Lucie Whitehouse’s latest novel Before We Met, was a quick, fast-paced read. The book falls under the sub category of ”domestic noir”. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• John Scalzi: Fuzzy Nation (2011)

  

  Sometimes I’m easy to please. It took John Scalzi less than one page to win me over with his novel Fuzzy Nation.See for yourself:Jack Holloway set the skimmer t... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Émilie De Turckheim’s Le Joli Mois De Mai (The Beautiful Month of May)

  

  Aimé, the narrator of Émilie de Turckheim’s short, dark, mean novel, cannot tell a story. Or that’s what he tells us. He’s not cultured, hasn’t had an... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong February 28 2014: The Killer Angels by Michael...

  

  Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels is certainly one of the most famous novels about the American Civil War. Or rather about the... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Anton DiSclafani: The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls (2013)

  

  High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is a refuge of privilege in a land devastated by the Depression. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Howard Bahr: The Black Flower (1997) Literature and War Readalong January 2014

  

  This year’s Literature and War Readalong starts strong with Howard Bahr’s powerful book The Black Flower, a novel on the American Civil War. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ken Bruen: The Dramatist (2004) A Jack Taylor Novel

  

  The impossible has happened: Jack Taylor is living clean and dating a mature woman. Rumour suggests he is even attending mass…The accidental deaths of two... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kate Scott: Counting to D (2014)

  

  I knew when I accepted a review copy of this novel that I wasn’t the ideal reader for it. Not because it’s a YA novel, but because it’s not the kind of YA... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sarah Moss: Cold Earth (2009)

  

  Last summer I read Michelle Paver’s excellent ghost story Dark Matter and Max pointed out in a comment that the description reminded him of Sarah Moss’ first... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• James Sallis : Others of My Kind (2013)

  

  Back in 2012 I read and reviewed Drive by James Sallis. I’ve been meaning to read more of him ever since and when I saw Others of My Kind at a local book shop... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• S. J. Bolton: Dead Scared (2012)

  

  Dead Scared was my third novel by S.J. Bolton. It’s the second novel featuring Lacey Flint and DI Mark Joesbury. I liked Sacrifice and Now You See Me a lot,... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• May Sarton: Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965)

  

  I came across May Sarton for the first time when I was reading Susan Tiberghien’s memoir Looking for Gold, in which Tiberghien wrote about her year in Jungian... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong January 31 2014: The Black Flower by Howard Bahr

  

  As I wrote in my introductory post to this year’s readalong, I was at first tempted to include only books based on WWI but decided against that for numerous... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bao Nin: The Sorrow of War Aka Thân Phận Của Tình Yêu (1991) Literature and War...

  

  Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War aka Thân phận của tình yêu is the first (North) Vietnamese novel I’ve read. It is based on Ninh’s own experiences... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• World Cinema Series 2013 – Wrap up and Winner Announcement

  

  While I’ve not been an active participant in my own event, others have made quite a few contributions, especially Novia (Polychrome Interest) and Ruth... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best Books of 2013

  

  I was going to make a best of list per genre but finally opted against that and tried to pick one or two favourite books per month. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE