My Father's Tears and Other Stories
The title story of this posthumous publication is brilliant and moving, a master class in narrative concision
John Davidson
16 entries
Books, June 19, 2009
New In Print
A new collection from one of our most fearless writers
Books, March 20, 2009
New in Print
Blake Bailey's utterly absorbing and unquestionably definitive biography coincides with the release of two Library of America collections of Cheever's novels and short stories
Books, Feb. 27, 2009
Livability: Stories
Raymond writes life as it is lived – which is to say devoid of significant drama – and writes of it without recourse to stylistic flamboyance or narrative tricks
Books, Jan. 16, 2009
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
"I've got the last good lay in an aging whore!" said Martin Ritts of his famously troubled star, Richard Burton
Screens, Nov. 21, 2008
Les Ninjas Du Japon
Screens, Oct. 24, 2008
AFF Review: 'Bunnyland'
Screens, Oct. 21, 2008
Indignation
Philip Roth's latest is a detail piece rather than a panorama
Books, Sept. 19, 2008
A Life and Love in the Arts
'Chris & Don: A Love Story'
Screens, Aug. 29, 2008
New in Nonfiction: Waiter Rant: Thanks For The Tip – Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
A popular blog turns into book form, highlighting both the advantages and disadvantages of mixing new and old media
Books, Aug. 22, 2008
The Lovers & The Fire Within
Louis Malle, lobbing smart bombs
Screens, June 13, 2008
Pop Goes the Culture
The SAMOPC hosts a night of music and a movie
Screens, June 6, 2008
Personal Days: A Novel
Personal Days' themes of corporate downsizing and office malaise have been done before and done better
Books, May 30, 2008
The Ice Storm
Revisiting Ang Lee's The Ice Storm and its survey of the moral dissolution of American life through the Nixon era
Screens, March 28, 2008
Full Battle Rattle
Daily reviews and interviews
Screens, March 14, 2008
Cuba's AIDS Embargo
Cuba's Policies May Be Correct, Not Cruel
