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Nick Fisher's interactive drama, The Wheel of Fortune (BBC) Liam Rector and Tree Swenson read Tom and Ray's favorite poems in Real Audio (CarTalk.Cars.com)
Here's a great list of arts-and-technology-related titles to watch for in the coming months. Please keep in mind that book release dates are nebulous. These print books, hypertexts, and e-books may be available sooner or later than the dates listed. Enjoy! Berry, Wendell: Jayber Crow (Counterpoint). "An elegiac tribute to the dignity and grace of ordinary people rising up human in an ever-more impersonal world. It's about the redemptive power of love and community. And it's a masterpiece." -Chicago Tribune. [expected 10/01] Berry, Wendell: Three Short Novels (Counterpoint). Furthering his series of the Port William Membership, Three Short Novels brings together Wendell Berry's Nathan Coulter, Remembering, and A World Lost in one newly revised edition. [expected 04/02] Chapman, Wes: Turning In (Eastgate Systems). "In this hypertextual coming-of-age novel, Adri Sumner's wish to forget his troubled childhood paradoxically launches him on a journey of self-discovery. His quest takes him through suburban pizza parlors, Ivy League parties, a brush with the penal system, and an adventure in courtroom construction." — book cover [available now] Clarke, Brock: What We Won't Do : Stories (Sarabande Books). His first collection of stories, which have previously been published at such places as New England Review, American Fiction, and the South Carolina Review. Check out his short story, "Accidents," in The Mississippi Review. [expected 02/02] Hall, Donald: The Painted Bed (Houghton-Mifflin). His latest collection of poems. Many of these poems will first be published in the upcoming American Poetry Review. [expected 04/02] Hirshfield, Jane: Given Sugar, Given Salt (HarperCollins). Her fifth collection of poetry. Many of these have appeared recently in The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, Ploughshares, Best American Poetry,and the Pushcart Prize anthology. [expected 2/01] Hughes, Mary-Beth: Wavemaker II: A Novel (Grove). Her first novel. Read her story, "Israel," in Ploughshares. [expected 02/02] McCorkle, Jill: Creatures of Habit (Algonquin Books). "All 12 stories are set in the fictional town of Fulton, North Carolina, and are named after animals, which either loom large as central metaphors or serve as background. Much darker than is typical of McCorkle's often whimsical fiction, these stories are shot through with a sense of deep sadness that is only partially concealed by the author's dry and acerbic humor." — Booklist [expected 10/01] Miller, Sue: The World Below (Knopf). The latest novel from Miller, whose last was While I Was Gone (1999), an Oprah Book Club selection. She excels at exposing the underlying tensions, misunderstandings, and other complexities of domestic life. [expected 10/01] Robison, Mary: Why Did I Ever?: A Novel (Counterpoint Press). From the critically acclaimed author of Oh! and An Amateur's Guide to the Night, Mary Robison's first new work in over a decade. She's one of my favorites and a must-read, if you care about contemporary fiction whatsoever. [expected 10/23/01] Shinder, Jason (ed.): Birthday Poems: A Celebration (Thunder's Mouth Press). This anthology presents more than 100 generous, smart voices including William Carlos Williams, Kay Boyle, Allen Ginsberg, and June Jordan addressing birthdays. [expected 10/01] Transtromer, Tomas, and Robert Bly (trans.): The Half-Finished Heaven : The Best Poems of Tomas Transtrmer (Graywolf Press). "Mystical, versatile and sad, the poems (in verse and prose) of Tomas Transtromer have made him Sweden's best-known living writer… Here are the dream and nightmare images that influenced U.S. poetry in the '60s… Here, too, are the brief, haunting works of more recent years." — Publisher's Weekly [expected 10/01] 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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