You pick up Lorrie Moore’s collection of short stories called Self-Help because you’ve always admired her writing. Plus, your own writing is often compared to hers. Not because you are a master of the form,…
Posts tagged 2008 Books
The first book of 2008 to make me cry
I have no idea why I lifted my ban on “buzz” books to read Ian McEwan’s Atonement this week, especially now that the movie’s out, but I’m really glad that I did. I spent a…
No one frustrates here more than you
Sometime this summer the Internet developed a big, fat Web crush on Miranda July and the quirky little Web site she made pimping her short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You. I…
Bookclub Bitches 8: Lamb, The Gospel According to Biff blah blah blah
powered by ODEO For 2008 FFJ and I have resolved to update Bookclub Bitches every single month. This will, of course, prove taxing considering we’ve only done 7 episodes since we started the podcast erm,…