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Winterson Of Discontent
Jeanette Winterson calls herself the greatest living writer in English, but her modernist experiments are wearing thin. [04-12-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

A Cunning Linguist
Using the mock-authoritative tone of a science textbook, Marcus fashions a meditative rumination on the physical world. [04-12-99]
— Jeff Yanc, TUCSON WEEKLY

Cloaks And Daggers
"Memory's Tailor" threads patches of incident, dream, memory and discovered documents into a satisfying whole. [04-05-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Dog Days
Writing gloriously about Arizona, Browning produces a first-rate suspense novel. [03-29-99]
— Emil Franzi, TUCSON WEEKLY

Backstage Pass
Listen to these poets and make the world a better place. [03-29-99]
— Richard Siken, TUCSON WEEKLY

Zen And The Art Of Cattle Mutilation
While every region has its curious legends and inexplicable oddities, the San Luis Valley is truly the nation's mecca of high strangeness. [03-22-99]
— Christopher Weir, TUCSON WEEKLY

An American Tale
Once upon a time, the Abernathy boys captured the nation's attention and earned the praise of Teddy Roosevelt with their wandering ways. [03-22-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Writing In Ernest
The comparison to Ernest Hemingway of just any male under age 40 who writes about men outdoors or at war ought to make editors hang their heads in shame. Thom Jones' book is a case in point. [03-15-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Tough Luck
Anderson solidifies his reputation with these non-fiction pieces treating subjects ranging from bullfights and cockfights to militia meetings. [03-15-99]
— Jim Carvalho, TUCSON WEEKLY

Queenly Cubana
In "Empress of the Splendid Season," Oscar Hijuelos continues his studies of the tissue of memory that provides for working-class Cuban-Americans a glamorous refuge from the conditions of life in Spanish Harlem. [03-15-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Talk About Progress
A collection of essays questions the merits of technology. [03-08-99]
— Tom Danehy, TUCSON WEEKLY

Fourth Dimension
Michael Chabon's "Werewolves in Their Youth" has some decent howls. [03-08-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Rough Road
"El Camino del Rio" is a bumpy ride. [03-01-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Knock On Wood
The long-lost autobiography of wacked film director Ed Wood Jr. surfaces. [03-01-99]
— Jeff Yanc, TUCSON WEEKLY

Organic Inquiry
"Encompassing Nature: A Sourcebook," by Robert M. Torrance, is full of radiant language and vision. [02-23-99]
— Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY

Manila Envelope
Alex Garland's "The Tesseract" uses a conceptual model from geometry—the hypercube—to establish a fundamental convergence of its plots and subplots. [02-23-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Who Says Adultery Doesn't Pay?
The story behind the pornographic classic "The Story of O." [02-15-99]
— Jolie Chat, TUCSON WEEKLY

Legacy Of Letters
Dame Iris Murdoch may have been lost to Alzheimer's, but her literary contributions are here to stay. [02-15-99]
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY

Blue Print
Danny Vinik's new novel, "Blue Paige," is like a Russ Meyer movie set in print—fun, randy, over-the-top, and a little bit rough around the edges. [02-15-99]
— Stacey Richter, TUCSON WEEKLY

Literature Held Hostage
A decade after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini put out a hit on Salman Rushdie, the greatest victory for the novelist is the fact that he's managed to avoid a bloody end. [02-08-99]
— Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY

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