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'Being a woman is dangerous business' in Jane Smiley's witty Wild West murder mystery
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJane Smiley paints such vivid imagery with her language that it’s easy for her novels to conjure...
Cormac McCarthy's brilliant 'Stella Maris,' new Jane Smiley: 5 must-read books this week
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn search of something good to read? USA TODAY's Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this...
Review: Smiley visits Wild West in ‘A Dangerous Business'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter a fall publishing season filled with Big Books by John Irving, Cormac McCarthy and Barbara...
Jane Smiley hits again with 'Lucky' but what the what is that ending?
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA copy of Jane Smiley's latest, "Lucky," sat in my lap — the last page read, the book closed. "Well, huh," I thought. "What the heck was that all about?" I knew what the heck the plot was about ...
The 10 Best Literary Rediscoveries of 2023
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn addition to the new books they print each year, publishers large and small often dig into the past to find writing that deserves to be delivered to...
In Jane Smiley's rock 'n' roll novel, does good sense make good fiction?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoToward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection. It’s got a lot of ’60s folk-rock, including, she notes, “the four ...
Raja Shehadeh, Yiyun Li and Maria Bamford among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoL.A. Times Book Prize finalists Raja Shehadeh, from left, Yiyun Li and Maria Bamford. (Simone...
'A Thousand Acres' takes an acclaimed novel set in Iowa from an Iowa author to create a new opera
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the show's director, Kristine McIntyre, observed, “It’s not every day a Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Literate Matters: 'James' utilizes an American classic to amplify a long buried truth
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoIn a 1996 essay, Jane Smiley admonished readers to turn away from Huck Finn. One of her main...
Idaho school district restricts books for students, requires parent permission
Idaho Statesman McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoAt least one Idaho school district has restricted books for its students in anticipation of a...