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Pif Magazine
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Joanne Kyger’s "Letter to Nemi April 10 1962" (Jacket) James Merrill reads (in RealAudio) from The Voice of the Poet (boldtype) Abraham Verghese reviews Alan Lightman’s new novel, The Diagnosis (NYT) Margot Livesey’s fiction, "The Paper House" (The Boston Globe Magazine)
Here’s a short list of what I consider to be the best e-books, hypertexts, and print books expected to be released by publishers in the months of fall 2000 and winter 2001. Please keep in mind that book release dates are nebulous. These books may be placed on bookstore shelves sooner or later than the dates I’ve listed. Enjoy! Aylett, Steve: Atom (4Walls8Windows). "Without doubt one of the most ambitious and talented new writers to emerge in England in recent years… Aylett has a cold, accurate eye, a mocking wit, and a playful angle of attack." – Michael Moorcock [expected 11/00] Bauer, Douglas: The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft (Univ of Michigan Press). Deeply instructive essays that draw examples directly from fiction like Toni Morrison’s Sula and John Cheever’s short stories. Read two chapters originally published on Pif: "On Sentimentality" and "Endings." [expected 12/00] Cox, Elizabeth: Bargains in the Real World : 13 Stories (Random House). Her first collection of stories. Check out her intro to Richard Yates’ story this month. [expected 3/01] Doctorow, E.L. (Ed.) and Katrina Kenison (Series Ed.): The Best American Short Stories 2000 (Houghton Mifflin). This year's editor, the best-selling author E. L. Doctorow, has chosen new works by Raymond Carver, Amy Bloom, Ha Jin, Walter Mosley, and Jhumpa Lahiri, among others. [expected 10/00] Kunitz, Stanley: The Collected Poems of Stanley Kunitz (W.W. Norton & Company). In 1995, Stanley Kunitz received the National Book Award in Poetry for Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected. The citation for the award said: "In his genius, great clarity is joined to great generosity. His work shines with humanity, humor, precision, and passion." Here is that collected genius. [expected 10/00] Moody, Rick: Demonology (Little Brown & Company). Journals frequently name Moody as one of the most important young writers of modern letters. Count on him for excessive energy, wicked detail, and real brilliance. Read his interview on Pif. [expected 01/01] Oates, Joyce Carol (Ed.) and Janet Berliner (Ed.): Snapshots : 20th Century Mother-Daughter Fiction (David R Godine). Short stories by Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Margaret Atwood, Katherine Dunn, Mary Gordon, Lois Gould, Bette Greene, Jamaica Kincaid, Ursula K. LeGuin, Lorrie Moore, Gloria Naylor, Edna O'Brien, Jane Shapiro, Martha Soukup, Alice Walker, and the editors [expected 9/00] Steffen, Therese: Crossing Color : Transcultural Space and Place in Rita Doves' Poetry, Fiction, and Drama (Oxford Univ Press). A sharp critical study of this poet. [expected 12/00] Updike, John: Licks of Love : Short Stories and a Sequel, Rabbit Remembered (Knopf). [expected 11/00] Walker, Alice: The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart (Random House). The Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest novel. [expected 10/00] Williams, Joy: The Quick and the Dead (Knopf). Harold Brodkey has called her "the most gifted writer of her generation." Raymond Carver said, "Joy Williams is simply a wonder." In her novels and short stories, collected in the volumes Taking Care and Escapes, she has, as William Gass said, "put each piece together the way it should be… Pure, Perfect, Precise, Poetic." Finally - her long awaited new novel. [expected 9/00] Williams, Joy: Ill Nature: Meditations on Humanity and Other Animals (The Lyons Press). Her collected essays. [expected 01/01] Tell us what you think. Email talkback@pifmagazine.com Want Pif to review your book? Camille Renshaw is the Editor-in-Chief for Pif Magazine. |
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