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January 01, 1990 - February 22, 2012 + Bookworm
Richard Ford

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A Multitude of Sins (Knopf)
Richard Ford, finds in adultery, his most recent subject, traces of old Emersonian independence. But he still considers his newest...
Marc Estrin

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Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa
(BlueHen Books)
This first novel by enterprising novelist Marc Estrin
introduces Gregor Samsa, Kafka's famous roach, to...
Library of America

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Library of America (Geoffrey O'Brien, editor in chief and Max Rudin, publisher) Library of America is a publisher whose mandate is to keep American...
William Kennedy

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Roscoe (Viking)
Truth, when it disappears from one's public life, also tends to be unavailable in one's personal life. Pulitzer prize-winner William Kennedy talks...
Curtis White

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Requiem
(Dalky Archive Press)
Curtis White has created comedy from degeneration by counterpointing Biblical stories, biographies of Classical composers, and the e-mailed sexploits of pornographic...
Robert Creeley

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Just in Time: Poems 1984-1994 (New Directions)
On the occasion of a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Creeley discusses the many influences on his singular...
Sigrid Nunez

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For Rouenna (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Sigrid Nunez's books reveal the secrets of lives that have fallen through the cracks....
Ron Koertge

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Geography of the Forehead (University of Arkansas Press) In the sweet mayhem of Ron Koertge's hilarious poems, a surreal vision collides with the sadness...
An Isaac Babel Celebration

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The Complete Works of Isaac Babel (Norton)
We inaugurate Bookworm's Book Club with a celebration of the Russian master, Isaac Babel. We'll focus on...
Jane DeLynn

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Leash (Semiotexte) As always, Jane DeLynn leaves a trail of magnificent broken taboos behind her. Here, she confesses that she can go...
Steve Martin

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Shopgirl (Hyperion)
When Steve Martin brought out his first novella, Shopgirl praise from the writing community (Salman Rushdie, for example) indicated that he can be...
Susan Sontag

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On Summer in Baden Baden by Leonid Tsypkin (New Directions)Susan Sontag talks about the discovery of lost and forgotten masterpieces, in particular, this...
Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly, editors

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Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (Harper Collins) Spiegelman and Mouly discuss their exciting treat for kids of all ages-the newest Little Lit,...
Allen Kurzweil

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The Grand Complication (Hyperion) A genuinely odd discussion about the consequences of scholarly book-loving. That is, a conversation about manipulation, games-playing, sexual repression and...
Mario Vargas Llosa

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The Feast of the Goat
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
In Mario Vargas Llosa's brilliant novel about the Trujillo regime, the Dominican Republic stands for all tyrannized...