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Review: Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day

Flap Copy: “Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day is that rare find–a book that excites the reader. These tales are hilarious and vertiginous in the calmly absurd manner of Lydia Davis, Jack...

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Review: We Bury the Landscape

Flap Copy: We Bury the Landscape is an exhibition of literary art. Ekphrasis, collected. One hundred flash fictions and prose poems presented to view. From the visual to the textual, transmuting before...

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Review: This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You

Flap Copy: The powerful first collection of short stories by Jon McGregor. From the publication of his first Booker-nominated novel at the age of twenty-six, Jon McGregor’s fiction has consistently...

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Review: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

Flap Copy: For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris—Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives—the ones...

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Review: How to Be a Woman

Flap Copy: “Caitlin Moran is the profane, witty and wonky best friend I wish I had. She’s the feminist rock star we need right now.” –Ayelet Waldman, author of Bad Mother “Caitlin Moran is so fabulous,...

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Review: Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant

Flap Copy: A delightful and unexpected collection of pieces by writers, foodies, and others-including Nora Ephron, Marcella Hazan, and Ann Patchett-on the distinctive experiences of cooking for one and...

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Review: Sum

Flap Copy: Sum is a stunning exploration of funny and unexpected afterlives that have never been considered—each presented as a vignette that offers a lens through which to see ourselves here and now....

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Review: Take Back Your Time

Flap Copy: The typical American worker puts in nine weeks more on the job than his or her European counterpart. The costs of this overwork are enormous, both personally and societally. This bracing...

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Review: The Good Mother Myth

Flap Copy: In an era of mommy blogs, Pinterest, and Facebook, The Good Mother Myth dismantles the social media–fed notion of what it means to be a “good mother.” This collection of essays takes a...

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Review: You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty

Flap Copy: A brilliantly funny exploration of the twin mysteries of parenthood and families from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author of Insane City. In his New York...

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