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Still Unnamable

by Josh Potter April 26, 2012

The Flame Alphabet By Ben Marcus Knopf, 289 pages, $25.95 In the world that Ben Marcus renders, the writing of a novel would be a fatal act of violence—to the reader and author alike. It’s an irony that ...

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It’s Only a Paper Moon

by Josh Potter January 12, 2012

Much is often made of the “music” of Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s work. The 62-year-old best-selling novelist owned a jazz club as a young man and riddles his stories with bits of lyrics and references ...

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Do the Locomotion

by Jeff Nania December 14, 2011

Have you ever misplaced your phone, knowing that it would turn up, but not knowing for the life of you where? This seems to have been the initial error (or blessing, depending on your view) ...

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The Missing Link

by Darryl McGrath April 13, 2011

The Land of Painted Caves By Jean Auel Crown, 768 pages, $30 Before there was Harry Potter, long before there was Twilight, there was the story of an orphaned little girl who lived in a fantastic, ...

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Literary Open House

by B.A. Nilsson January 19, 2011

I knew that falling down your own stairs at some point is nearly inevitable. I knew that it can be lethal, especially to oldsters. I didn’t know that you can blame the staircase for it. ...

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Steal This Book

by Josh Potter February 25, 2010

Let me begin by saying, I wanted to hate this book. Thing is, it’s a sentiment Tao Lin counts on. Long before I picked up Shoplifting From American Apparel, a svelte novella in a series ...

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About a Boy, Sitting Shiva

by B.A. Nilsson January 28, 2010

Jonathan Tropper’s novels are often compared to those of Nick Hornby. Tropper’s protagonists, invariably male, typically suffer a hilarious series of emotional and physical torments en route to a resolution in which sheer peace is ...

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Rudderless

by Margaret Black January 21, 2010

As Liam Pennywell explains to his 4-year-old grandson, Noah didn’t need a rudder or a compass for his ark. He just needed to stay afloat until the waters receded. Liam sees himself as having lived ...

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