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Thomas Lynch Feb 22, 2001

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Bodies in Motion and at Rest (Norton)

As a result of his two professions (poet and funeral director), Thomas Lynch has an unusual attitude toward tradition, decorum and memory...

Eduardo Galeano: Upside Down Feb 15, 2001

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Eduardo Galeano's denunciation of our multinational globalized future is characteristically brilliant, whimsical-devastating.

Chris Ware: Jimmy Corrigan Feb 08, 2001

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The comic book, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Pantheon), is Bookworm's nominee for the past year's most interesting novel!

Gore Vidal Feb 01, 2001

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The Golden Age (Doubleday)

With the completion of his American Empire series, author Gore Vidal reflects upon our national destiny...

William T. Vollmann Jan 25, 2001

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The Royal Family (Viking)

William Vollmann's growing sense of mystical Christianity is bringing him closer to Dostoevsky...

Joy Williams: The Quick and the Dead Jan 18, 2001

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In Joy Williams' The Quick and the Dead, bleak and wicked comedy hides the book's religious mission, demonstrating how God and Devil can be mistaken for one another...

Myla Goldberg Jan 11, 2001

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Bee Season (Doubleday)

This is Myla Goldberg's haunting first novel, about a Jewish family torn apart by manias born of spiritual mysticism on the one hand, and fear and silence on the other....

Ha Jin Jan 04, 2001

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The Bridegroom (Pantheon)

Ha Jin, a Chinese writer who came to America in 1985, has published seven books of fiction and poetry in English. What are the consequences of giving up a native language? Can writing transform the anger generated by the Cultural Revolution into art?

Heidi Julavitz: The Mineral Palace Dec 28, 2000

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This remarkable first novel offers an occasion to pay tribute to its late editor, and to salute its young author, whose imagery and vision promise an unusual career.

Tony Earley Dec 21, 2000

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Jim the Boy

(Little Brown)

Tony Earley has been hailed as a new American master, and, indeed, he has written a classic rite-of-passage novel...