Reader’s Corner
Reveling in and discussing ideas and books, together.
Fiction
Last Man in Tower
ARAVIND ADIGA’S NEW NOVEL, Last Man in Tower, takes us into the mildewed walls of Mumbai’s…
Oil on Water
MARRYING FICTION and politics is risky. Nonfiction can explicitly reflect on ideas, present information,…
The Bird Sisters
AT THE HEART of The Bird Sisters is the enduring bond between sisters in the midst of a world…
Swamplandia!
FLORIDA IS A PLACE of dualities: swift, sprawling development and vast, swampy wilderness. Cosmopolitan,…
Stone Upon Stone
“STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS” narration is the oft-used phrase, but it would be more apt to…
Mink River
EVERY DAY BRINGS NEWS of brokenness wars, feuds, murders, divorces, epidemics, betrayals, extinctions—and,…
Family of Fallen Leaves
IN THE SUMMER OF 2008, I spent more than an hour trying to coax something resembling anger or indignation…
The Wilding
IN BENJAMIN PERCY’S menacing debut novel, central Oregon becomes a proving ground for men tested…
Memory Wall
CHARACTER BY CHARACTER and page by page, Memory Wall, Anthony Doerr’s collection of two…
Bloodroot
AMY GREENE’S debut novel is one that sticks with you, gets under your skin, and wrenches your…
