Quill and Quire

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Nerve

By Barbra Leslie

In the first chapter of this debut book, the protagonist’s mother tells her that her father died when she was a child because “he lost his nerve.” Evelyn is 15 at this point, and it’s ... Read More »

March 14, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Diamond Grill

By Fred Wah

Fred Wah’s Diamond Grill is a small gem of a book. Wah refers to the book as a “biotext”; the publisher calls it both “biofiction” and “biography.” Wah denies that it contains “true stories but, ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels