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Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 2:36pm "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo
Where do you start with an author like Richard Russo? He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for 'Empire Falls,' a book many authors would gladly sacrifice their entire bibliographies to have written.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 2:02pm A Conversation with Richard Russo: Part I -- Writing About Class
It's a long way from Thomaston, New York to Venice, Italy -- unless you go by way of the book jacket for 'Bridge of Sighs,' Richard Russo's lyrical new novel.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 10:04am A Conversation with Richard Russo: Part II -- Of Destiny and Grace
"I think it's the language of Catholicism that stays with me," says Richard Russo in this second part of my interview with him about his new novel 'Bridge of Sighs.' Like many of his characters, Russo was raised as a Roman Catholic, and the powerful words of that religion's dogma -- grace, for example -- run throughout this book. However, the most powerful theme of 'Bridge of Sighs' might be belief in general.
Read more »Olsson's Best of 2007
Please forgive my tardy posting this week; it's holiday madness, still, for me (and probably many of you, too). But I definitely wanted to share Alexis Akre's (Head Buyer and General Manager for Olsson's Books) Best of 2007 book picks with you. I've read half of her list, and am eager to read the other half. Is one of your own 2007 faves here? Please leave a comment and tell us! Is one of your own 2007 faves not here? Please leave a comment and tell us! OK, you get the idea. Now, for Akre's list:
Read more »In Which I Refute the Claim that Richard Russo Is a Misogynist
In the August 5, 2009 issue of NEWSWEEK, Jennie Yabroff has an article titled Is Author Richard Russo a Misogynist?” in which she claims to show that Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling novelist Richard Russo…is a misogynist. (I believe this makes her title rhetorical, but I will leave that for composition teachers to debate.)
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