REVIEWS


AUTUMN 2009 

NON-FICTION

Summertime
by J.M. Coetzee
Reviewed by David M. Smith

Frankly My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited
by Molly Haskell
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

The Sound of Freedom
by Raymond Arsenault
Reviewed by Harriett Green

FICTION

A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore
Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

Marvelous Hairy
by Mark Rayner
Reviewed by Mike Frechette


 POETRY    

The Watchful Heart, A New Generation of Irish Poets, Poems and Essays
edited by Joan McBreen
Reviewed by Grace Wells

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SUMMER 2009 

FICTION

Woodsburner by John Pipkin
Reviewed by Harriett Green

The Earth Hums in B Flat
by Mary Strachan
Reviewed by Cynthia Newberry Martin

Castle by J. Robert Lennon
Reviewed by Frances Badgett

Two Novels by Dag Solstad
Reviewed by David M. Smith

NON-FICTION

The River Lock 
by Stephen Haven
Reviewed by Thomas Larson

 POETRY    

Unexpected Light
by C.E. Chaffin
Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

Painted Rain
by Paula Meehan
Reviewed by Grace Wells

Chronic
by D.A. Powell
Reviewed by Gregory Lawless

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SPRING 2009

 Poetry

Revolver by Robyn Schiff  |  Reviewed by Gregory Lawless

The Bones of Creation by Patrick Deeley |  Reviewed by Grace Wells

Fiction

An Accidental Light by Elizabeth Diamond  |  Reviewed by Cynthia Newberry Martin

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin  |  Reviewed by Frances Badgett

Delicate, Edible Birds by Lauren Groff  |  Reviewed by Thea Brown

Ruins by Achy Obejas  |  Reviewed by Gregory Byala

The English Major by Jim Harrison  |  Reviewed by Mike Frechette

Non-Fiction

The Passerby by Thomas Ray Crowel  |  Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

A Museum of Their Own by Wilhelmina Cole Holladay | Reviewed by Laura M. Browning

Hallelujah Junction by John Adams  |  Reviewed by Thomas Larson

The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller  |  Reviewed by Harriett Green

Lost Classics

Winged Victory by V.M. Yeates  |  Renewed by David M. Smith


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WINTER 2009

Non-Fiction

Dark Water by Robert Clark  |  Reviewed by Laura M. Browning

Safe Suicide by DeWitt Henry  |  Reviewed by Thomas Larson

Unpacking the Boxes by Donald Hall  |  Reviewed by Harriett Green

Fiction

From A to X: A Story in Letters by John Berger  |  Reviewed by Frances Badgett

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski  |  Reviewed by Shaindel Beers

All the Sad Young Literary Men by Keith Gessen  |  Reviewed by David M. Smith

Home by Marilynne Robinson  |  Reviewed by Mike Frechette

Poetry

Even So by Mark Roper  |  Reviewed by Grace Wells

The Cosmopolitan by Donna Stonecipher  |  Reviewed by Shevi Berlinger

The Man Suit by Zachary Schomberg  |  Reviewed by Gregory Lawless


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