After I reviewed Ellen Prentiss Campbell’s excellent short story collection Contents Under Pressure this winter, we struck up a friendly correspondence via email, and so I think writing a straightforward review of her first novel,The Bowl with Gold Seams,* would fall into an ethical gray area. However, I very much enjoyed the book, so instead, here are: 5 Reasons … Continue reading 5 Reasons I’m Glad I Read Ellen Prentiss Campbell’s The Bowl with Gold Seams
A Diane Ackerman, The Zookeeper’s Wife Chloe Aridjis, Asunder Kate Atkinson, Life After Life Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins Margaret Atwood, Stone Mattress: Tales Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last Jane Austen, Persuasion Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl B Nick Bantock, The Griffin and … Continue reading Index of Reviews by Author
Kent Haruf, Our Souls at Night Carl Phillips, Reconnaissance Rainn Wilson, The Bassoon King Linda Pastan, Insomnia Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend (trans. Ann Goldstein) Sebastian Faulks, Where My Heart Used to Beat Lia Purpura, It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton Henri Cole, Nothing … Continue reading Books Read 2016
Rosemary and Reading Glasses 