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George Saunders, Tenth of Dec…
In Tenth of December, George Saunders uses satire to hilariously and tren… more »
Emma Donoghue, Astray…
Loosely organized around themes of displacement and exile, Emma Donoghue… more »
Junot Díaz, This Is Ho…
Some books, like some songs and movies, can be so achingly sad they… more »
Molly Ringwald, When It Happe…
Whether it’s a chance encounter or code-red crisis, every gesture i… more »
Etgar Keret, Suddenly, a Knoc…
Stories about loneliness, alienation, depression and death in worlds of m… more »
Emma Straub, Other People We …
A promising collection from a bold new writer Take Lorrie Moore… more »
Don DeLillo, The Angel Esmera…
A tour through one of the most fertile literary careers of the past 40 ye… more »
Elissa Schappell, Blueprints …
Stories that dissect the familiar tropes of womanhood The title of Elissa… more »
Alice Munro, The View from Ca…
The escape to a better, imagined life, the poisoning influence of pride a… more »
Jim Shepard, You Think That…
One of the rare books that truly transfigures human suffering When the be… more »
McSweeney’s, McSweeney…
Investigative journalism meets speculative fiction in this must-hear McSw… more »
Ernest Hemingway, The Nick Ad…
Needless to say, Ernest Hemingway’s sudden suicide left his literar… more »
Patricia Highsmith, Patricia …
Patricia Highsmith reveals the troubled minds behind heinous crimes Patri… more »
David Foster Wallace, Girl Wi…
Lean, mean chunks of satire by the author of Infinite Jest If all you kno… more »
James Franco, Palo Alto…
James Franco steps into the lives of average high schoolers Palo Alto is … more »
Ben Greenman, Celebrity Chekh…
A novel about the contemporary Chekhovian archetype — the celebrity… more »
David Sedaris, Squirrel Seeks…
Don’t mistake Sedaris’s darkly witty animal stories for Aesop… more »
Maile Meloy, Both Ways Is the…
A perfect fusion of physical location and the writer’s personality … more »
Robin Black, If I Loved You, …
Expert, unblinking prose about the sturm und drang of family life Familia… more »
T. C. Boyle, Wild Child…
A collection of narratively ambitious and panoramic stories With Wild Chi… more »
Alice Munro, Too Much Happine…
Canada’s foremost storyteller once again demonstrates her tremendou… more »
Uwem Akpan, Say You’re …
Sharp African stories from a promising new voice Given the weight of his … more »
Kazuo Ishiguro, Nocturnes…
Ishiguro turns his finely tuned ear to the theme of music — sweet h… more »
Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandel…
A refreshingly simple collection of folktales best used for daily doses o… more »
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eMusic Features
Interview: George Saunders
By Amanda Davidson, eMusic Contributor
George Saunders's newest story, published only as an audiobook and Kindle Single, is told from the point of view of Fox 8, the title character who pens his tale of friendship and loss by way… more »
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