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Reviewed By... Stan Hynds

The funniest, coolest, flat-out best New Yorker cartoonist delivers, as only she can, a twisted and hilarious revelation of 26 of her, and perhaps a few of your, neuroses. The ABC's as you've never sung or thought about them before.

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Stan Hynds

A convicted sex offender conjures a very clear picture of a very bad person. A highly regarded university professor of sociology brings to mind a very different image. The Kid and the Professor are the two main characters in this insightful and unsettling novel. But is anyone who they really say they are or who they really appear to be? That is one of the many fascinating and complicated questions posed in Russ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Stan Hynds

Chad Harbach's first novel invites comparisons to at least one modern master. The combination of rich storytelling, fully developed characters whose lives and futures the reader cares about deeply, and crackling dialogue raise The Art of Fielding to a level of pure reading pleasure one finds in the work of Richard Russo. The fact that much of the action takes place on the baseball diamond is almost too good ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Stan Hynds

Jesmyn Ward writes with a power and depth of feeling that is rare and exhilarating. Her novel about twelve days in the life of a poor black family living on the Mississippi coast as a hurricane gathers in the gulf displays the gifts of a writer with exceptional skill and no fear. The characters seem almost to claw their way off the pages, so vividly has Ms. Ward created them. This is a novel of flesh and blood,... read more>>>