A Greyhound, a Groundhog
by Emily Jenkins and Chris Appelhans
I have never seen such a collective swoon behind our counter as when an advance copy of this darling book arrived in the mail a few weeks ago. Why do we love it so? Emily Jenkins's words appear simple... (Tom)
Hola and Goodbye: Una Familia in Stories
by Donna Miscolta
It's no easy trick to weave three generations into fifteen stories, tracing lines of heredity, loyalty, and betrayal, holding onto a dozen and more characters as they shape-shift across leaps in time... (Tom)
The In-Betweens
by Matthew Simmons
No one would use the world "realism" to describe Matthew Simmons's stories—God, for one thing, makes a number of appearances, starting a band in one story and making a deal with a guy who calls him "D... (Tom)
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
by Kathleen Collins
Is this a new book, or an old one? The stories were written in the 1970s, but not published until now, long after Collins's death at age 46 in 1988 and a year after her groundbreaking feature film, Lo... (Tom)