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Lindsay Reckson on Octavia, Daughter of God by Jane Shaw

“Back to the Garden”

January 12th, 2012
Cornel Bonca on The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

“Being Boring”

January 8th, 2012
Susan Straight on Blue Nights by Joan Didion

“The Baby”

October 25th, 2011
Rachel Newcomb on Black Milk by Elif Shafak

“Black Milk”

September 23rd, 2011
Peter Campion on Noose and Hook, Torn and Army Cats by Lynn Emanuel, C. Dale Young and Tom Sleigh

“Beyond Disbelief”

September 1st, 2011
Saskia Vogel on Big Sex Little Death by Susie Bright

“Beyond Unapologetic”

August 25th, 2011
Walter Benn Michaels on What Was African American Literature? by Kenneth W. Warren

“Black and White”

June 13th, 2011
Roger Luckhurst on Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature by Gary K. Wolfe

“Boiling Point”

June 3rd, 2011
Joy Horowitz on Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge by Kevin Starr

“The Bridge”

May 13th, 2011
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