Tag Archives: Literary
Doom Fox
by Iceberg Slim“Iceberg Slim is a major creative influence on so many musicians and writers working outside the bland mainstream. . . . Slim always told…
The Disappeared
by Kim Echlin“The familiar tale of star-crossed lovers is revisited with gripping immediacy and compelling freshness in Kim Echlin’s The Disappeared. Writing with sensuality, yearning, and in a voice readers will not soon forget, Ms. Echlin reminds us of the potency of our first loves, and of their enduring ability to shape…
Disasters in the First World
by Olivia Clare FriedmanFrom a dazzling new American storyteller—who “writes with Carveresque clarity and bite” (Janet Fitch)—an arresting debut story collection that explores the fragility of troubled lives caught in disruptive turbulence….
The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee
by Matthew Stadler“This gorgeously fateful story inflicts an extra pang by inviting us to contemplate the loss of youth, a loss that comes irreversibly, from inside.”…
The Divine Husband
by Francisco Goldman“The Divine Husband presents the peculiar crossroads where love and imagination meet politics and history. . . . A great miscegenating carnival of ambition and desire.” —Lee Siegel, The New York Times Book Review…
Divining Rod
by Michael Knight“Knight’s understated prose gives the book its power, moving slowly, but fully, through the gamut of his characters’ emotions. . . . A fresh,…
Doctor Sleep
by Madison Smartt Bell“This man writes the way de Sica filmed. His prose is vivid without being showy, witty without being self-satisfied, economical without being minimalist. The…
The Devil Tree
by Jerzy Kosinski“Savage . . . [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character. . . . Each horrid, magical episode . . . releases, between the…
Difficult Women
by Roxane GayA powerhouse collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay, Difficult Women provides a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern…
The Delivery Man
by Joe McGinniss, Jr.“McGinniss offers a fresh take on the seamy side of Vegas by focusing on the wasted lives of burned-out teens hooked on drugs and…
