Winesburg NewsLocal news for Winesburg, OH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Louise Erdrich, The Plague Of Doves- April 30, 2008 "Nothing that happens, nothing is not connected here by blood." Louise Erdrich once described her fiction as "a crazy quilt." As in her previous books, Erdrich's 13th novel, The Plague of Doves , stitches together several of her recent short stories, most of them previously ... via Willamette Weekhttp://www.topix.net/city/winesburg-oh/2008/04/louise-erdrich-the-plague-of-doves?fromrss=... Former paper mill worker mines dark tales in his debut novel- April 26, 2008 "There's no carelessness in his writing" The book signing lasted for hours, an indication that the locals hold no grudges against author Donald Ray Pollock for depicting life here as a grotesque blend of drug abusers, wife beaters and sex fiends. via CBC Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/winesburg-oh/2008/04/former-paper-mill-worker-mines-dark-tales-i... Pieces of life's puzzle assembled into the big picture- April 14, 2008 As a book critic, I read a lot. And there are very few books in the course of a given year that I stop reading midway with the urgent desire to LOAN THEM OUT, to friends and relations and the people down the ... via Buffalo Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/winesburg-oh/2008/04/pieces-of-lifes-puzzle-assembled-into-the-b... Roth's New Book Looks Backward- April 1, 2008 "The novel tracks him trying to find his place and fit in and having the tough time of it that he does" Mr. Roth, whose last novel was "Exit Ghost" , the ninth and final book about the author's literary alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman, has set the new book during the Korean War. via New York Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/winesburg-oh/2008/04/roths-new-book-looks-backward?fromrss=1 |