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The book itself is a kind of drunkard’s walk through the history of probability, statistics, and chaos theory

by Nora Ankrum May 23, 2008September 30, 2025

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The Evangelicals Behind the Velvet Curtain

by Jordan Smith May 20, 2008September 30, 2025

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Richard Stark’s professional thief is back in action

by Jesse Sublett May 9, 2008September 30, 2025

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‘Jungle’ Boogie

Feminist blogger Amanda Marcotte to read at BookWoman and MonkeyWrench

by Kimberley Jones May 8, 2008September 30, 2025

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The Amazing Adventures of Michael Chabon in Austin

Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon in Austin tonight

by Kimberley Jones May 7, 2008September 30, 2025

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Though this debut novel is about Alzheimer’s, it’s too funny, too inventive, too tender and finely written to be reduced to its tragic engine

by Kimberley Jones April 11, 2008September 30, 2025

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With her second collection of short stories, Jhumpa Lahiri further establishes herself as a master of quiet despair

by Melanie Haupt April 4, 2008September 30, 2025

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Martin Amis tries breathlessly to evoke the post-9/11 change in the zeitgeist and, less successfully, to find a moral ground from which to respond

by Michael Agresta April 4, 2008September 30, 2025

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This lovely, clearheaded collection should serve, for first-time readers, as a fine introduction to visiting professor and poet Marie Howe

by Amy Smith April 4, 2008September 30, 2025

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Coe’s latest is a somber work that unravels four generations of British women, each daughter curdled at an early age by the mother

by Kimberley Jones April 4, 2008September 30, 2025

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A new biography of Jack Kirby successfully evokes the proper mystique and respect for this creative giant while revealing his human side

by Rick Klaw April 4, 2008September 30, 2025

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Our Story Begins

Our Story Begins brings together works from three of the author’s short-story collections, along with several new tales

by Josh Rosenblatt March 21, 2008September 30, 2025

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The Evangelicals Behind the Velvet Curtain

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‘Jungle’ Boogie

The Amazing Adventures of Michael Chabon in Austin

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Our Story Begins

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