Roller coaster
In a wild 2008, the American short story got a boost.
Beautiful tracks
Paul Theroux is back with intent to dazzle. And he does in "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star."
Feed it and weep
Tina Brown's new online venture, The Daily Beast, puts its best claws forward.
RIND
Philip Roth brings his 'A' game (and his Newark youth) to "Indignation," novel No. 26.
Land of PHEW
Geraldine Brooks sense of invention is as phony as her genre.
28 to you
ROLLIN' with McSWEENEY… (or, please look at me be BOLD)
My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike
Yet again, Joyce Carol Oates hits Bad Daddy territory, with mixed results.
Her hostile earth
Jumpha Lahiri swerves toward the 'cancer' of culture shock.
Reading Facebook
How do you spell Facebook? Try a-b-u-s-e.
Tuscany in Mind
"My experiences of Florence were chiefly unpleasant. I will change the subject," wrote Mark Twain.
Roth exits a ghost
Roth directs fictional alter ego Nathan Zuckerman from center-front to the wings.
Unsailing to Byzantium
All hail "No Country for Old Men," but with Cormac McCarthy's novel you feel the real heat.