Vincent Czyz
Taken together, these entertaining early novels present a noteworthy collection—particularly for Samuel R. Delany fans.
Read MoreAmerican poet Paul B. Roth is keenly aware that a striking phrase can set a dream in motion.
Read MoreThe authors have used their research well. Beyond applying an abundance of detail to trace his intellectual growth as well as the trajectory of his emotions, Eiland and Jennings have managed to intimate—though perhaps not to capture—something more elusive: a sense of Benjamin’s aura.
Read MoreThroughout these superb stories, there is a certain desolation, of the heart as well as of the landscape.
Read MoreThe omniscient narrator in Natura Morta is flawlessly neutral, allowing the images, minimal action, and characters’ reactions to the events of this single day in a Roman square to tell the story.
Read MoreRobert Olen Butler chose his protagonist wisely. Christopher Marlowe Cobb is a man of both intellect and physicality, of thought and action.
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