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The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger: A Story of Time, Loss, and Love

By: Holly Beth Anderle

Book Review: Glass People: Gail Godwin’s Novel of a Stifled Housewife Trying to Break Free

By: Eva Gordon

The New Face of American Literature: Classics to Modern: The Past and the Present

By: Cresta McGowan

The Road – Book Review: Love Survives the Apocalypse in Cormac McCarthy's Novel of Survival

By: Laura Bernell

The Bell Jar: A Review Of Sylvia Plath's Only Novel

By: Sara Carroll

Polygamy in Popular Culture: From Big Love to The 19th Wife

By: Stephanie Whitelock

Bohjalian's Midwives – Birth, Death, and Magic: A Home Birth Gone Horribly Wrong

By: Rebekah Richards

Three Novels With a Hoax in the Plot: A Retired Sea Captain, a British Royalty Wannabe and a Cheating Wife

By: Marie Brannon

'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt: A Critical Review of the Novel

By: Alexandra Szydlowska

Review of July, July by Tim O'Brien: A Poignant, Yet Suspenseful Page-Turner About a Class Reunion

By: Deborah Mack

With Flame and Sword - Book Review: History, Adventure, and Love in 11th Century England

By: Tiff Coe

Joe Hill; Winner Bram Stoker Award; Best Fiction: Son of Stephen King Writes Best Seller – Heart Shaped Box

By: Jayne Pupek

Return of the Cosmic Banditos: A.C. Weisbecker's Long Out of Print Cult Sensation is Back

By: Sean Costa

Jennifer Chiaverini Writes A Quilter's Holiday: Not Yet Released Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Madison Author

By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

The Best Short Stories of Vladimir Nabokov: "Signs and Symbols" and the Great Short Fiction of Nabokov

By: William Litton

Review of The Big Girls: An Ambitious, Thought-Provoking Tale of Fate and Coincidence

By: Deborah Mack

The Best Short Stories of Leonard Michaels: "City Boy" and the Early Short Fiction of Leonard Michaels

By: William Litton

Book Review of Pat Conroy's South of Broad: Charleston Takes Center Stage in Conroy's Latest Novel

By: Kristi Gray

The Best Short Stories: Best of the B-Sides in American Short Fiction

By: William Litton

Jack Ketchum: American Horror Novelist and Recipient of Bram Stoker Award

By: Jayne Pupek

A&P by John Updike Study Guide: Overview and Analysis of Updike’s Short Story

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Cathedral by Raymond Carver Study Guide: Overview and Analysis of Carver's Short Story

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Dorothy Parker's But the One On the Right: Point of View in a Short Story by Dorothy Parker

By: Jeris Swanhorst

In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien: Themes of War and Mystery in O’Brien’s Novel

By: Jeris Swanhorst

John Kennedy Toole: An Appreciation of the Author of A Confederacy of Dunces

By: Paul Comeau

Childhood Portrayed in Miller and Salinger: Inside The Heads of Boys: "Bulldog" and "The Laughing Man"

By: Eva Gordon

H. P. Lovecraft on the Web: This New Technology May be His True Ticket to Immortality

By: Larry Latham

The Names Says It All About Don DeLillo: A Celebrated American Novelist's Forgotten Masterpiece

By: Douglas Nordfors

Review: How I Became a Famous Novelist: Steve Hely's Debut Novel is a Merciless Take on Publishing

By: Deborah Mack

Review of Plain Truth by Jodi Piccoult: Piccoult Delves into ‘Living Plain’ With This Dramatic Novel

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

Review of The Pact by Jodi Piccoult: Piccoult’s Love Story Meets the Courtroom

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

The Corrections Still Powerful: Franzen's Novel Holds Up

By: Colin Miner

Ms. Taken Identity by Dan Begley – Book Review: A Great Lad Lit Debut

By: Nikola Stepic

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead: African American Prep Comes of Age in the Summer of 1985

By: Martin G. Wood

Mysticism in Charles Baxter's Short Fiction: Themes in The Would-Be Father & Royal Blue Compared

By: Eva Gordon

Anagrams by Lorrie Moore: A Short Story Collection Disguised as a Novel

By: Eva Gordon

Four Fictional Antique Dealers: Novels Featuring Antiques and Dealers Who Sell Them

By: Marie Brannon

Slaughterhouse Five and the Art of Kurt Vonnegut: Questions for a Book Club Discussion of This American Novelist

By: Feature Writer Mary Rayme

Four Novels With Arkansas Characters or Settings: A Couple of Farmers, a Porn Addict and a Small Boy

By: Marie Brannon

Faster Than Kudzu – Joshilyn Jackson: Profile of the Author of Gods in Alabama and More Best-sellers

By: Tina Samuels

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime: A Character Analysis of Mark Haddon's Protagonist Christopher Boone

By: Rebecca Hersh

My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult: A Fiction Book Review

By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey: A Gorgeous Mosaic of Life, Love, and Longing in Los Angeles

By: Martin G. Wood

Four Novels With Alaskan Characters or Themes: Tales of Espionage, Statehood, the Gold Rush and Prehistoric Alaska

By: Marie Brannon

Whores On The Hill: Review of Colleen Curran's Novel

By: Catherine Jozwik

Four Novels With Arizona Characters or Themes: A Socialite, a Military Man, a Prospector and an Impoverished Girl

By: Marie Brannon

Updike Novel Unravels Making of a Terrorist: Examines the Role of Mentors

By: Christine Carroll

Four Novels Set in Alabama: Themes of Christmas, Murder, Lesbianism, Racism

By: Marie Brannon

Four Novels With Afghan Characters or Themes: Fictional Accounts About Afghanistan and Its People

By: Marie Brannon

Book Review of The Lottery and Other Stories: Shirley Jackson's Sole Short Story Collection

By: Catherine Jozwik

The Shack by William Paul Young: Christian Novel From an "Accidental Author" Becomes Best-Seller

By: Feature Writer Jenny Evans

Prolific Joyce Carol Oates Shows Her Weakness: Dear Husband, Her New Story Collection, Offers Few Rewards

By: Douglas Nordfors

The Epic Forms in Eugenides' Middlesex: An Epic Novel for the 21st Century

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

The Time Traveler's Wife Review: Journey into Audrey Niffenegger’s Best Seller

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

Book Review of The Virgin Suicides: The Decay of Innocence In Jeffrey Eugenides' 1970s Suburbia

By: Catherine Jozwik

Enjoying Chicana and Latina Literature: Women Authors Worth Reading

By: Carmel Morse

Making the Case for Paul: A Review of Willa Cather's "Paul's Case"

By: Adam Burgess

The Novels of Louise Erdrich: An Introduction to Erdrich’s Fiction

By: Jeris Swanhorst

The Fourth State of Matter -- Jo Ann Beard: Beard Uses Metaphors and a Variety of Perspectives to Recount Event

By: John Hansen

Pictures at an Exhibition's Sparkling Surface: Sara Houghteling's Novel Has Some Missing Pieces

By: Douglas Nordfors

F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Last Tycoon: Explorating the Writing Process Through the Unfinished Novel

By: Lee Ann Hodson

A Sudsy Children's Book for Adults: Tom Robbins' "B is for Beer" is a Treat

By: Colin Miner

Review of Jodi Piccoult's Handle With Care: Another Poignant Tale of Law and Love

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

A Review of Jodi Piccoult's Nineteen Minutes: One Act of Violence With Epic Consequences

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

Perspective, Perception and the Modern Novel: Character and Plot Development in 20th Century American Fiction

By: Lee Ann Hodson

Michael Cunningham – Flesh and Blood Book Review: Another Thought-Provoking Novel by the Author of The Hours.

By: Nikola Stepic

Philip Roth's Masterpiece 50 Years Later: Goodbye, Columbus is Still an Incredible Read

By: Colin Miner

Property by Valerie Wilson: Winner of the Orange Prize 2003

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Kurt Vonnegut in Memoriam: Youth, Military Service, and Post-War Life

By: Paul Comeau

Illusion in Peter Cameron's Writing: Peter Cameron Uses Illusion to Develop Themes in His Writing

By: Pamela Mooman

Feminism in House on Mango Street: Sandra Cisneros writes feminist vignettes.

By: Christine Deakers

Looking forward to Elmore Leonard's Latest: Master of Mystery, Most Gifted Writer of DIalogue Pens Another

By: Colin Miner

Remembering Norman Mailer: 18 Months After his Death, Author of Deer Park and More Still Looms Large

By: Colin Miner

Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill – A Searingly Provoc: National Book Award Finalist's Crowning Achievement

By: My Nguyen

Poverty in George Saunders' Short Story Sea Oak: How Death Compels a Family to Grow

By: Cynthia Jones-Shoeman

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: The Story of an Indian Family Coming to Terms With Life in America

By: Michael Mackey

Doctor's Debut Novel is Epic, Satisfying: Verghese Shows He Can Write Fiction as Well as Moving Non-Fiction

By: Colin Miner

Sui Sin Far's Wisdom of the New: Defending Pau Lin's Maternal Filicide

By: Jaclyna Perez

Book Review – Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: Junot Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

By: Elizabeth Bastos

American Wife Not Quite an American Classic: Still – Sittenfeld Dazzles

By: Colin Miner

Maxine Hong Kingston – No Name Woman: Kingston Attempts to Find a Personal Identity Through Her Aunt

By: John Hansen

Dan Brown's New Novel Coming September 15th: The Return of Robert Langdon

By: Colin Miner

Richard Price's Lush Life is a Lush Read: Bronx Trilogy Author's New Novel Beautiful but Flawed

By: Colin Miner

In Love With Jerzy Kosinski by Agate Nesaule: Author of A Woman in Amber Writes First Novel of Post War Survival

By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Leanne Shapton's New Novel is Very Clever: But Not Quite Worth the Effort

By: Colin Miner

A Mercy is a Powerful Book: Toni Morrison Returns

By: Colin Miner

Post-Apocalyptic Survival in The Road: The Burden of Carrying the Fire in Cormac McCarthy's Novel

By: Delia Byrnes

Robin Hemley -- Reading History to My Mother: Hemley Uncovers His Mother's Disposition as a Writer

By: John Hansen

O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge: Themes, Ideas, Symbolism and Irony in Race and Tolerance

By: Feature Writer Megan B. Wyatt

Brokeback Mountain Story to Screenplay Reviewed: Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Story by Annie Proulx

By: Steve Williams

Close Range By Annie Proulx Reviewed: Wyoming Stories From the Writer That Authored Brokeback Mountain

By: Steve Williams

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx Reviewed: A Gay Cowboy Love Story That Subverted Genres and Defied Stereotypes

By: Steve Williams

Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Motif of Old Southern Values as Evidenced by the Grandmother

By: Jaclyna Perez

Pico Iyer - Where Worlds Collide: Iyer Describes His Personal Experience With Los Angeles Airport

By: John Hansen

A Book Review of The Princess Bride: An Evaluation of William Goldman’s Enchanting Fairy Tale Novel

By: Jessica Scott

Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow: Free Verse Horror Novel about Free Roaming Werewolves

By: Martin G. Wood

Review of American Tabloid by James Ellroy: LA Noir Novelist Mines JFK Assassination

By: Susan Cunningham

The Spare Prose of No Country for Old Men: Cormac McCarthy's Rustic Literary Style

By: Delia Byrnes

Good Grief a Story of Love, Loss and Pralines: Despair, Courage, Humor Fill Novel About Life After Losing a Spouse

By: Heidi Toth

Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner: A Novel about Americans in Cuba Just Before Castro's Revolution

By: Feature Writer Christine Welter

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