Ted Kehoe
It is most effective when it dwells on the sad influence of history, on personal tragedy, on the banality of evil and cruel indifference.
Read MoreJim Harrison’s prose is gorgeous, illuminating. The simple language slides into your head and resonates there.
Read MoreMy biggest gripe is with a central tenet of Jonathan Franzen’s fiction: communication between generations is impossible.
Read MoreYasmina Reza’s dollhouse of a novel is a miniaturist’s miracle.
Read MoreCharies D’Ambrosio’s short fiction collections were finalists for major awards, but it is his essays that I return to again and again.
Read MoreSo much of what this novel has to say feels bracing and necessary. This is where a good part of America lives—dangling over a chasm.
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