During the long year that The Forever Marriage was circulating, I sought out portraits of imperfect but redeemable women.
Andromeda Romano-Lax | Posted 05.22.2012
Between my debut and this book, an entirely different novel and a few other partial manuscripts had languished: unfinished, unloved. No wonder I've always been drawn to stories of other novelists with unpublished or simply abandoned novels.
Dan Lybarger | Posted 03.28.2012
The film hasn't received any Oscar nominations, but Ramsay demonstrates that her uniquely Scottish sensibility translates remarkably well stateside.
Monisha Rajesh | Posted 03.26.2012
Bigotry. Intolerance. Censorship. Not words that you would normally associate with a literature festival. Yet, over the last six days at the Jaipur Literature Festival, they've dominated panel discussions, been whispered during readings, and littered furious debates around tea stalls.
Victoria Lautman | Posted 03.13.2012
To describe the Jaipur Literature Festival as the rambunctious love-spawn of the mercantile-minded Frankfurt Book Fair and free-spirited Woodstock barely scratches the surface of this spectacle.
The Daily Beast | Posted 07.25.2011
One of the hot properties at Cannes was the film version of Lionel Shriver's bestselling We Need to Talk About Kevin, but it's the rare book that make...
themillions.com | C. Max Magee | Posted 05.25.2011
Like we did last year, we're going to have a little fun comparing the U.S. and U.K. book cover designs of this year's Rooster contenders. ...
Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011
If women's books aren't reviewed, when women's books are declared "less literary, and when women's books on family are declared women's fiction, while men's domestic books are declared brave and eye-opening, it adds many pounds to the micro-inequality pile.
The Millions | Kevin Frazier | Posted 05.25.2011
With her new novel, So Much for That, Lionel Shriver strengthens her already credible claim to the title of best living American writer. This won't s...
The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011
As Hilary Mantel's Booker prize-winning novel Wolf Hall enters the final straight on even odds to take the Orange prize this evening, Lionel Shriver's...
Posted 05.25.2011
Too busy basking in the first days of Spring to check the book reviews this weekend? Check out some of the highlights below. "Lonelyhearts: The Screw...
Posted 05.25.2011
Miss any of the big book reviews this weekend? Check out some highlights below. "The Big Short," Michael Lewis The New York Times No one writes with...
Ann Bauer | Posted 05.04.2012