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January 19, 2024

REVIEW: A Mesmerizing Novella of Being Lost -- in More Ways than One -- in the Woods

January 19, 2024/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Mesmerizing Novella of Being Lost -- in More Ways than One -- in the Woods

Anxieties, Insecurities, and Questions of Life and Death

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January 19, 2024/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Fiction, Novellas
December 19, 2021

LIST: Our Top 10 Fiction Books of 2021

December 19, 2021/ Adam Cohen
LIST: Our Top 10 Fiction Books of 2021

From the Suburban Midwest to 12th Century Europe to W.E.B. Du Bois

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December 19, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Top 10 Lists, Fiction
March 20, 2021

Q and A: Novelist Marcia Butler on the Writer's Process, Finding Inspiration, and Moose

March 20, 2021/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Novelist Marcia Butler on the Writer's Process, Finding Inspiration, and Moose

And How Writing a Novel Changes the Author

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March 20, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Novel Writing, Fiction
December 13, 2019

LIST: Our 10 Best Fiction Books of the Year

December 13, 2019/ Adam Cohen
LIST: Our 10 Best Fiction Books of the Year

Tales of Midlife Crisis, Troubles in Kansas, and a Real-Life Abusive Boys’ School

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December 13, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Fiction, 10 Best Lists, Best Fiction
July 19, 2019

REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Novel is Timely -- and Destined to be a Classic

July 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Novel is Timely -- and Destined to be a Classic

Its Truths About Systemic Harm to African-Americans in the South are Jarring

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July 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
African-American Literature, Fiction, Florida
June 20, 2018

REVIEW: Stories of Florida that Look Beyond the Sunshine and Beaches

June 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Stories of Florida that Look Beyond the Sunshine and Beaches

In Lauren Groff’s Telling, Everything in the State Seems Just a Bit Dangerous

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June 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Florida, Short Stories, Fiction
January 12, 2018

REVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Winter' is a Fine, Intricate Novel of Friendship and Life

January 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Winter' is a Fine, Intricate Novel of Friendship and Life

A Remarkable Second Volume in the Author's Planned Four-Part Seasonal Quartet

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January 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Ali Smith, Fiction
September 01, 2017

REVIEW: Victor LaValle's 'The Changling' is a Magical Novel of Family Woes

September 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Victor LaValle's 'The Changling' is a Magical Novel of Family Woes

LaValle Knows What We Fear and Why it Sends Us Over the Edge

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September 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Victor LaValle, The Changling, Fiction
February 17, 2017

Q&A: Beyond Cather and Bellow: A Smart Guide to the Fiction of the New American Midwest

February 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Beyond Cather and Bellow: A Smart Guide to the Fiction of the New American Midwest

It's Not Just About Prairies and Farms and Smokestacks and Skyscrapers Anymore

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February 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Midwest, Fiction, Regionalism, Rural America
January 20, 2017

COLUMN: As 2017 Begins, Looking Back on One of Last Year's Great Books

January 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen
COLUMN: As 2017 Begins, Looking Back on One of Last Year's Great Books

The Sellout is a Wild Ride Through America's Racial Politics

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January 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Column
African-American History, Fiction, Man Booker International Prize
December 21, 2016

REVIEW: A Korean Woman Fades Away, in a Booker-Prize-Winning Novel

December 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Korean Woman Fades Away, in a Booker-Prize-Winning Novel

A Dark Story, Which Nevertheless Offers a Measure of Redemption

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December 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Korean Literature, Fiction, Vegetarianism
November 23, 2016

Q&A: Floyd Skloot Talks About Imagining the Life of Thomas Hardy

November 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Floyd Skloot Talks About Imagining the Life of Thomas Hardy

And Making Himself a Character in a Fictional Memoir of the Great Writer

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November 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
Thomas Hardy, Memoir, English Literature, Fiction
July 13, 2016

REVIEW: 'The Veins of the Ocean,' a Novel About a Florida Woman on the Brink, Considers What it Means to Be Free

July 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'The Veins of the Ocean,' a Novel About a Florida Woman on the Brink, Considers What it Means to Be Free

In Life, It Turns Out, There Are Many Ways to Be Trapped

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July 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Fiction, Novel, Florida
June 17, 2016

REVIEW: A Fine Novel, Based on a Real-Life Case of Literary "Catfishing"

June 17, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Fine Novel, Based on a Real-Life Case of Literary "Catfishing"

It's Also a Meditation on the Craft of Writing and the Love of Literature

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June 17, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Peru, South American Literature, Fiction
May 31, 2016

5 Hot Book: Learning Tennis Late in Life, the Amazing World of Service Dogs, and More

May 31, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Book: Learning Tennis Late in Life, the Amazing World of Service Dogs, and More

And a Novel About the Aftermath of a Plane Crash off Martha's Vineyard

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May 31, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Tennis, Dogs, Fiction
April 29, 2016

REVIEW: "Shelter" is a Compelling Novel of the Sometimes Chilly Bond Between Child and Parents

April 29, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: "Shelter" is a Compelling Novel of the Sometimes Chilly Bond Between Child and Parents

And there are some serious tragedies and dramas added to the mix

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April 29, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Fiction, Asian-American Literature, Korean-American Literature, Families
April 24, 2016

Rant: Why Is George R. R. Martin Writing His Books So Slowly--and Why are they Getting So Long?

April 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Rant: Why Is George R. R. Martin Writing His Books So Slowly--and Why are they Getting So Long?

With our adoration, we give him this power

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April 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 3 Comments
Rant
George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones, Fantasy, Fiction, Book Length, Noah Benjamin-Pollak
April 04, 2016

5 Hot Books: A Journalist Investigates Her Rapist, Trying to Make Sense of the Middle East, and More

April 04, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Journalist Investigates Her Rapist, Trying to Make Sense of the Middle East, and More

And an acclaimed memoirist's appreciation of soul singer James Brown

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April 04, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Middle East, Soul Music, Rape, Fiction
March 28, 2016

5 Hot Books: A Compelling New History of the Spanish Civil War, an Iranian Human Rights Memoir, and More

March 28, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Compelling New History of the Spanish Civil War, an Iranian Human Rights Memoir, and More

And a new novel from Edna O'Brien about a country girl and a genocidal visitor

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March 28, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
History, Human, Spain, Fiction, Spanish Civil War, Iran
March 25, 2016

REVIEW: A Gorgeous, Empathetic Novel About a Terrorist Bombing in India

March 25, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Gorgeous, Empathetic Novel About a Terrorist Bombing in India

Looking at the unhappiness of everyone involved, including the bomber

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March 25, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
India, Islam, Terrorism, Fiction
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