Books

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Perennial Voyager

By Nina Shengold

The late Jim Ryan, curator of nearby Olana, once told Kermani, “Someday this house is going to be seen as a major work by John Ashbery.”

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Short Takes: November

By William Patrick

Five books for November reading.

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Book Review: The Air We Breathe

By Hollis Seamon

Here, once again, Barrett has woven science and story into a seamless narrative. By the end of the novel, readers have become an intimate part of Tamarack society.

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Book Review: What You Call Winter

By Naton Leslie

Nalini Jones’s debut collection suggests James Joyce’s The Dubliners. All of Joyce’s choice themes are here: lost innocence, alienation, dislocation, and a struggle with Catholic identity.