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What I’m Reading at Byrdcliffe — Voyages to Nowhere by Tom Newton

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The paired surrealist novellas in the aptly-titled Voyages to Nowhere masterfully explore the lacunae that divide being and experience. Tom Newton’s vivid prose and striking imagery chart the brutal intersections between reality and imagination (or is it madness and sanity?) on a psychological, political and artistic level. The stories are a diptych, at once united […]

What I’m Reading at Byrdcliffe — Voyages to Nowhere by Tom Newton

Lent: A Novel

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by Jo Walton Superlatively imaginative (This review originally appeared on the New York Journal of Books) The cover copy of Jo Walton’s Lent promises that it is “a historical fantasy thriller set in Renaissance Florence and in Hell.” And in fact this latest novel from the extraordinary talented and erudite Jo Walton is nothing less.

Lent: A Novel

The Hotel Neversink

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by Adam O’Fallon Price An ambitious, skillfully written book. (This review originally appeared on the New York Journal of Books) In “The Typology of Detective Fiction,” Tsvetan Todorov demonstrated that the classic Golden Age mystery story was a text about reading and writing narratives.  In his model, the detective and reader join forces to reconstruct

The Hotel Neversink

The Enchanted Sonata

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by Heather Dixon Wallwork An enjoyable and engaging novel. (This review originally appeared on the New York Journal of Books) Like many familiar fairy tales, the original version of The Nutcracker, E. T. A. Hoffmann’s novella, Nussknacker und Mausekonig, is far darker and more complex than the holiday classic beloved by generations. Tchaikovsky’s ballet is

The Enchanted Sonata

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