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May 4, 2010

J. G. Farrell in His Own Words

Edited by LAVINIA GREACEN
Reviewed by Katherine A. Powers

The collected letters and diaries of a great novelist, lost in his prime.

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March 29, 2010

Small Press Spotlight: Soft Skull Press

By Paul Di Filippo

Punk brashness meets literary ambition in this most unusual and influential of small publishers.

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March 16, 2010

Small Press Spotlight: Graywolf

By Paul Di Filippo

The diverse catalog of one of the longest-lived among "indie" publishers.

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March 2, 2010

Small Press Spotlight: Underland

By Paul Di Filippo

In the first of several features on small publishing houses, Paul Di Filippo looks at the eclectic output of Underland Press Read more...

Daybook

June 18: George Orwell's "As One Non-Combatant to Another" was published on this day in 1943. Orwell's poem arguing against pacifism quotes from Churchill's "finest hour" speech, delivered to Parliament and the nation on this day in…

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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin

Very few debut novels exhibit the charm, assurance, emotional depth and bravura fabulation which the lucky reader will discover in Helene Wecker's

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The Long List
Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now
The New York Review Abroad

This new collection of some of the best of overseas reportage includes articles from Joan Didion, Tim Judah and Susan Sontag, with topics ranging from impromptu theater in conflict-ridden Sarajevo to a gravediggers’ strike in Liverpool. 

Hour of the Red God

In this searing African crime novel, former Maasai warrior Detective Mollel must defy a corrupt Nairobi government to solve the case of a murdered tribe woman.

The Wonder Bread Summer

This Tarantino-esque thriller finds shop girl Allie and a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine on the run from a vindictive hit man - after she discovers her dress shop is a front for a narcotics ring.