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Newsletter #37

April 20, 2015

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3 books featured in this issue

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Arrow to Alaska

by Hannah Viano

MADE-UP

Any fan of S Is for Salmon, one of our favorite picture books last year, will immediately recognize Hannah Viano's distinctive papercut style in her new book. Arrow to Alaska is a story for slightly o... (Tom)

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Cassada

by James Salter

MADE-UP

"Terse and exact about the work they do," as his many admirers know, describes the fiction of James Salter too (although The Dig makes even Salter seem a little gabby!). He's better known for his late... (Tom)

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The Dig

by Cynan Jones

MADE-UP

His author bio says Cynan Jones has published, along with his novels, a "retelling of a medieval Welsh myth," which isn't surprising after reading The Dig. It has the fatalistic momentum of myth or fa... (Tom)

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