Book Reviews
New reading recommendations from Colorado Review
Far-Fetched
The possibilities [Johnston] envisions for our contemporary times are far more than we deserve....
$23.00The Collector of Names
In The Collector of Names Hicks once again demonstrates how we may confront death, loss,...
$15.00Bewildered
The characters in Bewildered may never fully understand or control who they ultimately are, but...
$24.95Century Swept Brutal
If you want a taste of the beauty of our clumsy human limitations and desires,...
$14.95Ohio Railroads
Ostensibly a catalog of Ohio’s network of railroads,Ohio Railroads takes up race, memory, language, and...
$11.95The Meatgirl Whatever
Kristin Hatch's poems in The Meatgirl Whatever are following the idea of "to serve." Or...
$15.95The Let Go
In a moment when literary short fiction sometimes seems to be getting shorter and shorter,...
$16.95Lies, First Person
Lies, First Person is an extremely ambitious novel, which in the end does not lend...
$15.95The Lost Novel
Yes, these are poems of belief and faith, of hope, and they reach toward those...
$15.95Ongoingness: The End of a Diary
Manguso wisely trains her attention on what persists, claiming space in art for motherhood and...
$20.00The Argonauts
Although The Arnogauts is listed on several suggested summer reads lists, it should not at...
$23.00Phoning Home: Essays, Einstein’s Beach House: Stories, and Scouting for the Reaper: Stories
Jacob Appel has been very, very busy. In his early forties, Appel is a lawyer....
$variousReptile House
To call Robin McLean a storyteller is technically correct but misses the point of her...
$16.00What Happened Here
Driving the stories is ZoBell’s sure-handed and emotionally intelligent prose. We feel more than see...
$17.95The State We’re In: Maine Stories
Ann Beattie's signature details—her close observation of contemporary manners, speech, culture, and relationships—are as fresh...
$25.00A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic
The impulse to create and solve puzzles is embedded within us, as is a yearning...
$29.95All Who Go Do Not Return
His memoir reflects this attitude of honest examination. His life is marked by dizzying transformation,...
$16.00Particulars of Place
what is fascinating about this collection is the way it gives us an entire life...
$17.95The Tulip-Flame
In this debut collection, the speaker is a ballerina—full of control and beauty, poise and...
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