Roberta Silman
An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
“Heart-work,” Roberta Silman’s new collection of stories, looks at the knotty intricacies of domestic life.
Kantika is Elizabeth Graver’s poignant homage to her grandmother, but it is also a testament to her talent as a storyteller, to make a narrative so believable and compelling and, indeed, sometimes funny, just as it is in life.
As Spring approaches, a treat. An excerpt from Summer Lightning, the latest novel by Arts Fuse critic Roberta Silman. It is a book that attempts to convey happiness.
We can only wonder what Katherine Mansfield might have given us had she lived a normal life span, yet we should cherish what we have, as Claire Harman has done so beautifully.
Although science is Andrea Barrett’s springboard, she is writing fiction about the people who do scientific research and teach it: memorable people who have hearts and secrets and feelings and hopes and dreams and goals.
An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
An homage to Grace Paley, one of the great American writers of the 20th century.
In Claire Keegan’s fiction, each sentence matters and each, sometimes very ordinary, action has real consequences.
Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2023
An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
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