Richard Ford, editor of The Essential Tales of Chekhov, stories translated by Constance Garnett: Ford selects twenty stories by the Russian master, including provocative lesser-known pieces by Chekhov in his youth, as well as widely anthologized classics. (Ecco)
George Garrett, Bad Man Blues, stories and essays: Subtitled A Portable George Garrett, this book of stories, anecdotes, and personal essays shows Garrett at his playful and eloquent best. (SMU)
Ann Beattie, Park City: New and Selected Stories: Nearly five hundred pages long, this generous and sparkling collection of thirty-six stories is as much a cultural chronicle as it is a showcase of Beattie’s enormous talents. She goes from the seventies to the present (eight of the stories are brand-new), incisively charting the relational and…
Andre Dubus, Meditations from a Movable Chair, essays: This new collection of twenty-five essays is a radiant follow-up to Broken Vessels. Confined to a wheelchair since a 1986 accident, Dubus reflects on writing, Catholicism, divorce, family, and everyday life in a handicapped-inaccessible world. Resonant, thoughtful, passionate, and superbly written. (Knopf)
George Garrett, Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments: New and Old Poems, 1957-1997: Garrett has long been admired for his fiction, but in the past forty years, he had amassed a large body of poetry as well. From bawdy satires to quiet lyrics, Garrett’s poems splendidly showed his affection for the world through unique sensibilities….
DeWitt Henry and James Alan McPherson, Fathering Daughters: Reflections by Men, essays: This remarkable, moving collection offers nineteen essays on a subject about which very little has been published: the relationship between father and daughter. Henry and McPherson have broken new ground, soliciting stirring, often heartbreaking essays from the likes of Rick Bass, Phillip Lopate,…
Howard Norman, The Museum Guard, a novel: Norman’s third novel is an exquisite tale set in Halifax just before World War II. DeFoe Russett, orphaned at age eight, lives in a hotel and works as a museum guard with his uncle. DeFoe begins a tormenting affair with Imogen Linny, the caretaker of a small Jewish…
James Alan McPherson, Crabcakes, a memoir: McPherson’s first new book since his 1978 story collection Elbow Room, which won the Pulitzer Prize, Crabcakes artfully describes his departure from his beloved Baltimore in the late seventies to Iowa City, where he continues to teach. The second half of the book recounts his recent trips to Japan,…
Gary Soto, Junior College, poems: Soto’s new collection is a touching and often hilarious account of his coming of age in Fresno, California, where he was a terrible student, graduating from high school with a D average, then attending Fresno City College with the “easiest of majors,” geography. As always, Soto’s memories of his Chicano…
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