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Need

By Robert Thomson

The best short stories (think of those by Alice Munro, James Joyce, and Raymond Carver) resonate with the reader long after the covers are closed, and yield more on each subsequent reading. Most short stories ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Aquarium

By Mike Barnes

Mike Barnes’s first book, a poetry collection, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. His follow-up, Aquarium, a collection of stories, falls short of superlatives, though it ought to earn the writer a label ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Monkey Beach

By Eden Robinson

Haisla-Heiltsuk writer Eden Robinson’s first book was a collection of four stories, Traplines. In 1996, it opened to New York raves and Canadian reserve (pun intended): pretty good for a beginner. Her subsequent New Face ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels