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Reviews | August 12, 2013

Robert Boswell’s new novel adopts an unusual point of view: unreliable omniscience. And though the author’s execution of this bizarre form is provocative when it finally culminates, that’s not the reason Tumbledown is such an absorbing read.

Essays | May 20, 2013

Realism in Action: The Art of Invisibility in Amy Tan’s "Rules of the Game"

by J.T. Bushnell

J.T. Bushnell on Amy Tan’s “Rules of the Game,” a “quintessentially American story, one that has roots in a literary tradition that dates back to Flaubert and Chekhov.”

Reviews | March 29, 2013

A Map of Tulsa, by Benjamin Lytal

by J.T. Bushnell

J.T. Bushnell reviews Benjamin Lytal’s coming-of-age debut novel, “a vision of youth from the inside.”

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Author Archive

Tumbledown, by Robert Boswell

by J.T. Bushnell

Realism in Action: The Art of Invisibility in Amy Tan’s "Rules of the Game"

by J.T. Bushnell

A Map of Tulsa, by Benjamin Lytal

by J.T. Bushnell

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