Fiction

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

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  Racecraft: Stories of Racial Passing

  Racial passing shows that “race” is both socially constructed and, as experienced, extremely meaningful.

  Lucy McKeonDec 5, 2014

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  • Literary Criticism

• Freedom from Religion

  Why would a pluralistic and secular society single out for special treatment any system of belief?

  Stephen RohdeDec 3, 2014

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  • Law

• The Un-Accidental

  In “How to Be Both,” time is not linear, receding behind us, but layered, coiled beneath us; we are walking palimpsests.

  Susan McCallum-SmithDec 2, 2014

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• The Humor and Heart in the Novels of Denise Chávez

  If a Mexican restaurant can channel the rich yet double-edged nature of Mexican/Chicano culture, then why not a Mexican icon?

  Rigoberto GonzálezDec 1, 2014

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  Les Plesko Remembered

  We talked about books and ideas, and odd moments of the day, but our psychological wounds weren’t topics of conversation; they were the furnace of our work.

  Paul MandelbaumNov 30, 2014

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  Fictional Forays to a Familiarly Exotic China

  There are enough horrors in China’s past to sate any reader’s appetite.

  Pierre FullerNov 26, 2014

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• Politics and Pool in Providence

  J.J. Partridge keeps "the new new and the familiar familiar, while inhabiting the setting with the idiosyncrasy of real life and changing times."

  Edwin HillNov 26, 2014

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  • Noir

• Say No!

  Carlene Bauer on Darcey Steinke’s 'Sister Golden Hair'

  Carlene BauerNov 25, 2014

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• My Father the Superspy

  Ha Jin's novel moves beyond the ideological certainties of typical Cold War spy novels.

  Paul FrenchNov 21, 2014

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• Summer of 1972

  Pat Verducci on "If I Knew You Were Going to Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go."

  Pat VerducciNov 20, 2014

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• The Roughneck’s Lament

  Would you want to spend your leisure time with this kind of darkness?

  Keith RawsonNov 19, 2014

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  • Noir

• The Apotheosis of Envy

  "Malice" is both a "well-written, well-plotted police procedural" and "the story of two writers."

  Neda SemnaniNov 18, 2014

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  • Noir