Pages tagged “issue 35”

Gina B. Nahai

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“You can define a person by his actions,” Nahai writes in this story of a fracturing...  read more

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Denis Johnson

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Johnson creates a tense, seductive hall of mirrors that will transport readers to the edge of...  read more

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Rilo Kiley and Rock's New Era

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Los Angeles’ Rilo Kiley is a significant case in point. Only three full-length albums into their career, they’ve become low-gloss superstars within the rarified world of blogs, music magazines and left-of-the-dial radio, propelled by songs and an understated charisma...  read more

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Dave Eggers, Sarah Manguso, Deb Olin Unferth

Does a story have to approach War and Peace...  read more

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Ian Klaus

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Skewed perceptions of one another’s culture, but also hearty human encounters, are what 26-year-old Rhodes Scholar Ian Klaus found...  read more

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Edwidge Danticat

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Late in this memoir, acclaimed Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat describes her father’s dismay that the body of his brother...  read more

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Brock Clarke

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Brock Clarke flames entire genres of fiction in this clever and often hilarious tale of accidental arsonist Sam Pulsifer...  read more

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Hot Hot Heat: Happiness Ltd.

Traversing a career path similar to The Killers, Hot Hot Heat has morphed from a taut, naggingly catchy post-punk outfit into an epic-sounding modern rock band...  read more

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Liars

It seems that with its new self-titled disc, the unpredictable trio has decided to take a small step from the shadows into the light...  read more

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Over the Rhine: The Trumpet Child

While they don’t revisit the sprawling scope of their opus, Ohio, on their latest disc Over The Rhine takes on a task almost as daunting...  read more

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