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Olive Kitteridge (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Strout
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The Point of the Paperback 11
Here’s what I learned, after a month of talking to editors, literary agents, publishers, and other authors: A paperback isn’t just a cheaper version of the book anymore. It’s a makeover. A facelift. And for some, a second shot.
A Multiplicity of Voices: On the Polyphonic Novel 27
With each foray onto the Internet, each ping and clang, we are searching for meaning in a haystack of data, balancing perspectives, trying to find reason in a cacophony of opinion. Is it any wonder we are drawn to fiction that reflects this new way of being, to a form that’s uniquely suited to our fragmented and globalized century?
Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview 51
At 7,900 words strong and encompassing 79 titles, this is the only 2013 book preview you will ever need.
The Prizewinners 2011/12 0
With the awarding of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the 2011/2012 literary award season is now over, which gives us the opportunity to update our list of prizewinners.
Miles to Go: Notes on Marathon Reading 5
You could feel the love. Here was a group turned out to commemorate the brilliance of one guy’s colossal strivings, his dogged humility, the beautiful nuance and intricate recursions of a mind pushing past the simple given.
The Prizewinners 2010/2011 1
With the awarding of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the 2010/2011 literary award season is now over, which gives us the opportunity to update our list of prizewinners.
Literature is a Manner of Completing Ourselves: A Reader's Year 17
If I were an addict, I would get high and while high, presumably, worry about where I was to get my next fix. Reading is not all that different, I think. As a reader, I am always looking over the binding thinking about the next read, in some instances, longing for it. Some books, like some highs, are better than others. But even with not-so-good books, I will come back to the drug, seeking the next high.
The Prizewinners 2009/2010 2
With the awarding of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the 2009/2010 literary award season is now over, which gives us the opportunity to update our list of prizewinners.
A Year in Reading: Julie Klam 3
Reading a Sarah Vowell book is like getting the coolest, smartest and funniest person in the world to take you on a tour of the kind of places you’d go to if you weren’t held down by a nagging wife, whiny kids, and demanding cats.
The Millions Top Ten: August 2009 0
Pynchon and Bolaño hit the list. Plus, two new Hall of Fame inductees.