A chicken on Squirrell Hill
Today my review of The Last Chicken in America, the debut collection by Ellen Litman, appears in the LA Times. I’m excited, partly because it’s set in Pittsburgh, and partly…
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Brought to you by the LA Times
On Thursday, Stephanie Bartron’s amazing garden design was featured in an LA Times article on how to ditch your crappy old pool. That’s right, Home & Garden, Stephanie rocks. And…
In the LA Times
My pint-sized review of Rebecca Curtis’ short story collection Twenty Grand is in the LA Times Book Review today. Other fiction covered: Steve Almond on Love Without, a new collection…
In the LA Times
This weekend’s LA Times Book Review includes a review of Yes, Yes, Cherries, the debut short story collection by Mary Otis, reviewed by little old me. The book is published…
Smudgy fingers, anyone?
Litbloggers keep cropping up in newspapers. This week: Ed Champion profiles Lionel Shriver for the Chicago Sun-Times and Mark Sarvas makes his NY Times debut with a review of James…
Richard Ford: thumbs up, mostly.
An interesting split on the new Richard Ford book, The Lay of the Land. LA Times book review editor David Ulin can’t make up his mind about it, while the…
