Once again these are the books that stood out for me among those I read this past year. They were not necessarily published in 2011; many of them appeared decades ago, in fact. Fiction Native, by William Haywood Henderson. Henderson’s gorgeous, delicate, but also ripping first novel explores some themes similar to those in [...]
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Standout Reads of 2011
Posted in Books, Literary Inspiration, Poetry, Reading, Writing, tagged book choices 2011, great reads, recommended reading on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Standout Reads of 2010
Posted in Books, Literary Inspiration, tagged book choices 2010, great reads, recommended reading on December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not necessarily written this year, just the ones that popped for me of those I read. Fiction: Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada (a German couple find a way to resist the Nazis) The Informers, by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (the legacy of Nazi Germany tears apart a modern-day Bogota family) Life and Fate, by [...]