I once read a review of a movie version of Anna Karenina that compared viewing the film to “watching beautiful animals moving behind thickly frosted glass.” At the time I wasn’t sure what that meant, but now, after reading Tobias Wolff’s In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, I think I have a better [...]

Short Stories Tobias Wolff

The Strib’s new Book Editor Laurie Hertzel introduces herself to readers.
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This week’s New Yorker features “Awake” a story by Tobias Wolff that I haven’t read yet, however I did make the mistake of reading the Joshua Ferris one from last week [...]

Book News Cormac McCarthy, Joseph O'Neill, Joshua Furst, Sarah Vowell, Tobias Wolff

I’m not going to read the Strib’s review of David Carr’s The Night of the Gun, because I’m currently reading the book and really enjoying it. Sometimes I think if I read reviews they influence how I perceive the book. I like to come up with own ideas first and then see how right or [...]

Book News Andre Dubus, David Carr, Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff