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Marc Estrin Apr 25, 2002

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Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa

(BlueHen Books)

This first novel by enterprising novelist Marc Estrin

introduces Gregor Samsa, Kafka's famous roach, to the monstrosities of the twentieth century....

Library of America Apr 18, 2002

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Library of America (Geoffrey O'Brien, editor in chief and Max Rudin, publisher) Library of America is a publisher whose mandate is to keep American classics in print. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, we'll explore the Library's surprising new definitions of what is American and what is classic. Are crime novels, screenplays, song lyrics and the work of Russian -migr-s included? For more information about the publisher, go to LibraryOfAmerica.org.

William Kennedy Apr 11, 2002

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Roscoe (Viking)

Truth, when it disappears from one's public life, also tends to be unavailable in one's personal life. Pulitzer prize-winner William Kennedy talks about his greatest rascal yet, a politician to whom the word truth is anathema...

Curtis White Apr 04, 2002

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Requiem

(Dalky Archive Press)

Curtis White has created comedy from degeneration by counterpointing Biblical stories, biographies of Classical composers, and the e-mailed sexploits of pornographic web-site users..

Robert Creeley Mar 28, 2002

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Just in Time: Poems 1984-1994 (New Directions)

On the occasion of a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Creeley discusses the many influences on his singular poetry: Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky and Robert Duncan. In addition, he talks about the love of family and friends that has united his influences and his past into a "company."

Sigrid Nunez Mar 21, 2002

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For Rouenna (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Sigrid Nunez's books reveal the secrets of lives that have fallen through the cracks....

Ron Koertge Mar 14, 2002

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Geography of the Forehead (University of Arkansas Press) In the sweet mayhem of Ron Koertge's hilarious poems, a surreal vision collides with the sadness of daily life. Koertge talks about his transformation from a &quotsmarty; pants" poet into a gentler wise-cracker.

An Isaac Babel Celebration Mar 07, 2002

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The Complete Works of Isaac Babel (Norton)

We inaugurate Bookworm's Book Club with a celebration of the Russian master, Isaac Babel. We'll focus on the paradox of his disturbing laconic style: the lyric joy of a Jew describing Cossack violence...

Jane DeLynn Feb 28, 2002

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Leash (Semiotexte) As always, Jane DeLynn leaves a trail of magnificent broken taboos behind her. Here, she confesses that she can go no further in her unbroken chain of transgressions. Hear this dark comic novelist at her turning point. Where do you go after the abyss?

Steve Martin Feb 21, 2002

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Shopgirl (Hyperion)

When Steve Martin brought out his first novella, Shopgirl praise from the writing community (Salman Rushdie, for example) indicated that he can be taken seriously...

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