Maureen Corrigan
'Women Of Brewster Place' Reissue Brims With Inventiveness — And Relevance
Book critic Maureen Corrigan considers the reissue of 'The Women of Brewster Place' by Gloria Naylor which in 1983 won the National Book Award for first fiction.
'Light Perpetual' Imagines Adulthood For 5 Fictional Kids Killed In WWII Attack
In resurrecting lives that never were, Light Perpetual is a miracle, not only of art, but of encompassing empathy. The novel becomes not only about the terribly brief lives of these five fictional children, but of the finitude that bounds all the living and the dead.
'Republic Of Detours' Revisits A Group Of Quirky, Depression-Era Guides To The States
As Scott Borchert reveals in his new book, Republic of Detours, the amazing thing about the Federal Writers' Project was just how much went right.
Struggling Writers Steal Someone Else's Work In 2 New Suspense Novels
Chris Power's brooding literary novel A Lonely Man and Jean Hanff Korelitz's nightmare of a thriller The Plot explore the dangerous consequences of sticky fingers in the literary world.