Though Barry establishes a kinship among her protagonists, it feels like she shortchanged some of their development to fit into a crammed 370-page book.

Hilary Mantel writes historical fiction that is so vivid readers can be forgiven for thinking every detail she has included is true.

Will inspire unique affection in those of us who fell in love while separated by great distances with nothing but our words and faith to sustain our longing for the next contact.

How to Pronounce Knife announces a singular and thoroughly effective voice that fondly displays human failures and foibles in small packages that pack an enormous gut punch.

The personal and playful paths the poems tread make them accessible to the casual reader of poems.

Anxious Cinephilia is a remarkably balanced and inclusive take on our affection for images and related apprehensions.

A fine reflection of our current culture both in tone, topicality and execution.

A deft psychological portrait of what happens to the individual when everything that they’ve ever known has collapsed around them.

Readers who are inclined to reread books they enjoy may find a spot on the nightstand or kitchen counter for Dodge’s luminous prose.

A dexterously imagined and yet firmly grounded near-future baseball novel.