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The geography of hell is still in the process of being mapped. The borders shift, the shore lines erode, coral islands appear complete with new sirens, but all the men who have been there speak with a similar voice.
Wright Morris, reviewing Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man in The New York Times Book Review in 1952
"This isn't one of those non-books, is it?" Charles Saxon 9 X for The New York Times buff.ly/3ghCOvd #CharlesSaxon #NYT #NYTBR https://www.instagram.com/p/CS2nuGWsdKT/?utm_medium=tumblr
The great promise of essays is the freedom they offer to explore, digress, acknowledge uncertainty; to evade dogmatism and embrace ambivalence and contradiction; to engage in intimate conversation with one’s readers and literary forebears; and to uncover some unexpected truth.
Phillip Lopate in The New York Times Book Review
Adina Hoffman’s “Ben Hecht” and Julien Gorbach’s “The Notorious Ben Hecht” examine the man’s career as both a screenwriter and a political activist.
Very even-handed review! Congrats to Julien Gorbach and Purdue University Press. NYTBR nailed it, why he’s important for this time.
Did you all catch that phenomenal review of THE UNDEFEATED in the NYT this weekend? If not, look no further: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/books/review/poetry-picture-books.html
John Norment: The Compleat Angler buff.ly/2RzJOsW #JohnNoment #IzaakWalton #NYTBR https://www.instagram.com/p/BszgIfuhhqs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1derc0gbxoggk
John Norment: Grinning and Bearing It buff.ly/2Mfr1x4 #JohnNorment #NYTBR https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsw9oYCBzgW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=duer5k7kenu8
New York Times Book Review on So Lucky
New York Times Book Review on So Lucky
In a new review of So Lucky just out in the New York Times, Amal El-Mohtar says:
“Nicola Griffith’s So Lucky is a compact, brutal story…fast-paced as a punch in the face… So Luckyis beautifully written, with a flexible, efficient precision that embodies the protagonist’s voice and character… It’s also welcome and wonderful to see a book that shows queer women dealing with the aftermath of divorce…
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