All of Us: The Collected Poems15 reviews Raymond Carver Vintage, 1996 Minimal is a Good Thing + a book of poetry to carry with you + True life as true literature + Transcendent Beauty + all of us - the collected poems by raymond carver             Selected Stories14 reviews Andre Dubus Vintage, 1995 Worth reading again and again . . . + A greater writer. + Morality, Religion, and Family + Human and humane             Airships12 reviews Barry Hannah Grove Press, 1994 They loved her at the Bargain Barn... + Fiction that explodes like a bottle rocket + good short story collection + all-in-all very good, yet something irked me . . .             All Things, All at Once: New and Selected Stories8 reviews Lee K. Abbott W. W. Norton, 2006 Best Story Collection I've Read in Years + Occasionally overwrought; occasionally worth the effort + Thematic Repetition + Aptly titled, from a writer hailed by Ann Beattie, Richard Ford, Frederick Busch, and more. + Covers the human spectrum             The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics)99 reviews Graham Greene Penguin Classics, 2003 A David Attenborough of the literary world. + A man on the way + Glorious human frailty + "One mustn't have human affections--or rather one must love every soul as if it were one's own child."             Child of God59 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 1993 McCarthy's tale of a Southern Ed Gein where Horror becomes Art + Good, but not McCarthy's best + Road Lovers, Start Here I love horror of any kind; novels, short stories, movies, you name it. Being from Tennessee, I'm especially drawn to "rural legends" about backwoods boogie men that you often wonder are or aren't lurking somewhere off in the woods beyond your back doorstep. My first McCarthy book was "Blood ...             Wise Blood: A Novel49 reviews Flannery O'Connor Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990 "Stop one minute to listen to the truth because you may never hear it again." + Current Favourite Novel + Anyone Who Had a Heart + Grotesque Comedy             The Least You Need to Know: Stories2 reviews Lee Martin Sarabande Books, 1996 Dominant fathers with feet of clay and quirky artistic moms. + Comparable to Salinger First off, this is a beautifully designed book, a wonderful art object in its own right. Most of the stories are set in the midwest, and feature troubled adolescent boys trying to figure out the world in the context of dysfunctional and poignant family settings. A great book for classroom use ...             Babylon in a Jar: Poems8 reviews Andrew Hudgins Mariner Books, 2001 Andrew Hudgins - A Delightful collection of poems + Poetry that hits you right between the eyes. + Hudgins latest book + Hudgins Excels as Always             In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War45 reviews Tobias Wolff Vintage, 1995 Pharaohs Army a Great Read + Wolff's Vietnam story + Like a Memoir of Someone I Might Know + Too Good?             The Good Life: Stories3 reviews Erin McGraw Mariner Books, 2004 Divinely Human + Shout it from the rooftops + Erin McGraw Tells it Straight (and Crooked) Erin McGraw doesn't make things easy for her readers -- but as we watch a tormented priest stuff his face at the refrigerator, as we feel our own overwhelming hunger for food and compassion and mercy, as we waltz with two men (the one we love and the one we married), as we lose our beards and ...             Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers4 reviews Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 20Somethings Write + A glimpse into a diverse world + gift for my daughter + A September Wish             Questions for Ecclesiastes7 reviews Mark Jarman Story Line Press, 1997 Challenging us to think + I wanted to love this collection but ... + Grrreat! + Explorations of Faith             Selected Poems1 review James Wright Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 An excellent introduction to a major poet Among 20th century poets Wright stands as singular in his evocation of pathos without heavy-handed sentiment, his use of clear language without being predictable, and his imagery which loves the "things" of the world without being objective or cold. There are few poets of the last fifty years, if ...             The Assignation5 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Ecco, 1996 Assignation + Collection of stories 40 years in making + A modern mastermind of the human experience + Brilliant, dark, haunting short-story collection! + Typical Oates             A New and Glorious Life (Short Fiction Series)5 reviews Michelle Herman Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1998 Three glorious stories. + I love this book + Compelling and unusual read + A wonderful book + A lovingly written commentary on modern romantic life             The Corrections: A Novel1013 reviews Jonathan Franzen Picador, 2002 Well worth the investment in time Don't believe the hype about the hype. Brilliantly imagined, extremely well written, and just a pleasure to read.             The Corrections: A Novel1013 reviews Jonathan Franzen Picador, 2002 Well worth the investment in time Don't believe the hype about the hype. Brilliantly imagined, extremely well written, and just a pleasure to read.             In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War45 reviews Tobias Wolff Vintage, 1995 Pharaohs Army a Great Read + Wolff's Vietnam story + Like a Memoir of Someone I Might Know + Too Good?             Babylon in a Jar: Poems8 reviews Andrew Hudgins Mariner Books, 2001 Andrew Hudgins - A Delightful collection of poems + Poetry that hits you right between the eyes. + Hudgins latest book + Hudgins Excels as Always