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Book-of-the-Week Winners: <em>The Cineaste</em>

Book-of-the-Week Winners: The Cineaste

Last week’s feature was Van Jordan’s new book of poetry, The Cineaste, and we’re pleased to announce the winners:

Glenn H. Myers (@glennhmyers)
Doug Lawson (@douglawson)
Stacy Faulk (@kiokokitten)

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Book of the Week: <em>The Cineaste</em>, by A. Van Jordan

Book of the Week: The Cineaste, by A. Van Jordan

This week’s feature is A. Van Jordan’s new book of poetry, The Cineaste, which was just published by W.W. Norton. The book merges the form and content of an obsession, film, to produce poems tracking the inner lives of movie viewers, the career of early black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, the story of the Leo Frank [...]

This Time, This Place: An Interview with A. Van Jordan

This Time, This Place: An Interview with A. Van Jordan

Leah Falk talks with A. Van Jordan about his fourth poetry collection, The Cineaste, his intentions for this new work, and what’s changed about the way we go to the movies.

Book of the Week: <em>This Will Be Difficult to Explain</em>, by Johanna Skibsrud

Book of the Week: This Will Be Difficult to Explain, by Johanna Skibsrud

This week’s feature is Johanna Skibsrud’s debut story collection, This Will Be Difficult to Explain (W.W. Norton). She is also the author of a novel, The Sentimentalists (2011), and two collections of poetry: I Do Not Think That I Could Love a Human Being (2010) and Late Nights With Wild Cowboys (2008). She currently lives [...]

Book-of-the-Week Winners: <em>Wherever You Go</em>

Book-of-the-Week Winners: Wherever You Go

Last week we featured Joan Leegant’s debut novel, Wherever You Go, as our Book-of-the-Week title, and we’re pleased to announce the winners. Congrats to:

Wendi Corsi Staub (@WendyCorsiStaub)
Vicky Ludwig (@greentea166)
LauraCatherineBrown (@lauracbrown)

To claim your free copy, please email us at the following address:
winners [at] fictionwritersreview.com
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Book of the Week: <em>Wherever You Go</em>, by Joan Leegant

Book of the Week: Wherever You Go, by Joan Leegant

This week’s feature is Joan Leegant’s debut novel, Wherever You Go, which was released by W.W. Norton and Company. Her first book, a collection of stories entitled An Hour in Paradise, was published when she was 53. Winner of the PEN/New England Book Award, the Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction, and the 2011 Nelligan Prize [...]

Book of the Week: <em>White Truffles in Winter</em>

Book of the Week: White Truffles in Winter

This week’s feature is N.M. Kelby’s new novel, White Truffles in Winter, published this month by W.W. Norton. Kelby is the author of five previous books of fiction: A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts: Stories (Borealis Books, 2009), Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill (Crown, 2008), Whale Season (Three Rivers Press, 2006), Theater [...]

<em>White Truffles in Winter</em>, by N.M. Kelby

White Truffles in Winter, by N.M. Kelby

Ethereal mashed potatoes, langoustines in Moët, cherries fit for a queen. N. M. Kelby’s novel, White Truffles in Winter is a sumptuous feast, the celebration of food and table only outdone by the seductive women who surround French chef Auguste Escoffier. Hungry? Read on.

<em>Once Upon a River</em>, by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Once Upon a River, by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s charisma is formidable, and her energy infectious. This same energy can be found in the churning rivers and restless characters of her new novel, the follow-up to Campbell’s acclaimed story collection American Salvage. The protagonist of Once Upon a River is Margo Crane, a teenager who has grown up along the fictional Stark River, obeying its currents and snooping for its secrets.

<em>Touch</em>, by Alexi Zentner

Touch, by Alexi Zentner

Alexi Zentner’s debut, Touch, began as a short story and grew to a mythical realist novel that delivers monsters, secret family histories and three generations of the Boucher family – all nestled in Sawgamet, a northwoods logging town. Casey Tolfree unpacks the book’s elegant mingling of past and present, reality and myth, and loss that gives the living strength.