Quik Piks

[1.04.06] The Australian's Ben McIntyre explores the "filmability" of the magical realist work, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, in his article, "Epitome of eccentricity delights in dotty difference."

[1.03.06] Jonathan Zabel reviews Sean Stewart's Perfect Circle at Blogcritics.org.

[1.01.06] We excerpted from Jose Sarney's Master of the Sea in November; here's a review of the same book by Nick Owchar for the Los Angeles Times, as it appears in the Modesto Bee website.

[1.01.06] The Miami Herald credited Aimee Bender with producing one of 2005's best books with her novel, Willful Creatures. Read the article in its entirety.

[10.19.05] Not a brand new headline, but here's a terrific interview by Robert Birnbaum for The Morning News featuring Jonathan Lethem, in which Lethem tears into the idea of "realist" vs. "anti-realist" fiction.