Tobias Wolff’s “This Boy’s Life” and Why I Was Wrong About Memoir
Tobias Wolff’s book is one of those literary memoirs that helped define the genre. His recollections of a troubled boyhood often reflect poorly on the child he was, but are…
Best Of 2015
Best Novel: “Grendel”. Gardner’s seminal work is beautiful and semantically dense. Honorable mention: ”Infinite Jest” Best Short Story collection: “Jesus’ Son”. Denis Johnson’s best work, in my opinion. Honorable…
Denis Johnson’s “Jesus’ Son” and my protestations at the alleged death of the short story
This is one of the seminal short story collections of the last few years (or, as some less charitable critics might put it, one of the last dying gasps of…