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Graywolf

Book Review: “Half an Inch of Water” — Nine Stories that Peer Memorably into Eternity

One of the hardest things to do as a writer of contemporary fiction is to create characters who are good.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: African-American, American fiction, Graywolf, Percival Everett, short stories, Ted Kehoe

Book Review: “The Virtues of Poetry” — Fascinating But Frustrating

James Longenbach’s ear for the nuances of diction, tone, stress, and the material aspects of poetry is so good, and his grasp of context and biography so assured, one wonders why the essays so often tie themselves into semantic and logical knots.

By: Susan de Sola Rodstein Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: Graywolf, James Longenbach, Poetry, Susan de Sola Rodstein, The Virtues of Poetry

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