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November 2009

Wishin' and Hopin'

Fiction review • Author known for dark stories relents and comes up with a fun Christmas tale.
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'Cleaving,' 'Eating Animals'

Nonfiction review • Farming details, adultery give books unpleasant scent.
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'Domestic Fugues'

Poetry review • Newman's 'Fugues' shows a way to transcend drudgery.
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'The Imperial Cruise'

Nonfiction review • But James Bradley ignores other views, is fact-challenged.
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'Under This Unbroken Sky'

Fiction review • Fully realized characters deal with harsh conditions and each other.
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'Going Rogue'

Memoir review • GOP star tells of life in Alaska before fame found her.
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'A Friend of the Family'

Fiction review • Toxic obsession to protect child destroys man's other relationships.
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'Master of Shadows'

Nonfiction review • Artist-diplomat died before end of Eighty Years War.
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'The Original of Laura'

Fiction review • More objet d'art than novel, difficult read is full of master's humor.
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Browsing mysteries

Browsing/Suspense • But Michael Crichton fans are advised to wait for the 'Pirate' movie.
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Book, tour thrust Palin back in public eye

Her performance will count more than content of tome, experts say, but comeback chance called slim.
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Novel has its own 'Lacuna'

Fiction review • Kingsolver sits between worlds.
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Real and virtual collide in poems

Poetry review • A voice full of lament links disparate images relating to life in the information age.
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Redemption looms at end of poet's dark tunnel

Memoir review • Third volume of Mary Karr's life is powerful, restless.
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'The War After Armageddon'

Fiction review • Commentator plays to military affairs fans with tale of Christians vs. jihadists.
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'Chronic City'

Fiction review • Author's ode to Manhattan is an intimate story despite its big ideas.
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'The Tide Always Come Back'

Nonfiction review • Ex-senator packs autobiographical detail among musings on aging, faith.
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'Under the Dome'

Fiction review • Horror master deals with smaller issues than in past tales.
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'War Dances'

Fiction review • Subjects of stories and poems range from the mundane to the metaphysical.
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'Stylized'

Nonfiction review • Influential writing guide is obsessively studied.
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'The Lost Symbol'

Commentary • On Halloween weekend, 'Da Vinci' author reminds us of our fascination with the occult.
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'America's Prophet'

Nonfiction review • Bruce Feiler likens Americans as chosen and delivered, not unlike the ancient Israelites.
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'Goddess of the Market'

Biography review • Russian-born writer advocated a radical system of individualism.
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'The Big Burn'

History review • Heroics thwarted timber barons.
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'The Humbling'

Fiction review • Rueful humor spices familiar themes.
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October 2009

'Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife'

Nonfiction review • Diary is examined as both a literary classic and an often-revised manuscript.
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'Last Night in Twisted River'

Fiction review • Author studies the sadness, grief that follow a sudden loss.
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'The Tyranny of E-Mail'

Nonfiction review • Book delves into how messages have taken over our lives.
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Missouri Poets: Kara Moyer

Missouri Poets • Through rodent's eyes, Kara Moyer warns about loss of freedom.
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Irish author to discuss new book in 'Hitchhiker' series

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'Devil at the Confluence'

Nonfiction review • Montages bring era's history to life on page.
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'Half Broke Horses'

Fiction review • 'True-life novel' focuses on grandmother's life over much of the 20th century.
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'Juliet, Naked'

Fiction review • He returns to slackers, star worship and pop music.
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