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Upon hearing the news that over 500,000 people in Cuba will be lifted off the government dole virtually overnight, we thought it might be enlightening to visit one of our… Read more »

One of the saddest stories that took place during our August hiatus was the suicide of The Virginia Quarterly Review managing editor Kevin Morrissey, allegedly as a result of workplace… 2 / Read more »

“One opens a new novel and is promptly introduced to some dull minor characters. Tiring of them, one skims ahead to meet the leads, only to realize: those minor characters… 2 / Read more »

An Agence France Presse report says that, “David Morrell, whose novel First Blood inspired the “Rambo” movies starring Sylvester Stallone, released his latest book exclusively for Amazon’s Kindle electronic reader… Read more »

In recognition of the fact that “the audi­ence for fic­tion is over­whelm­ingly comprised of women,” America’s snootiest publishing house, Alfred A. Knopf, has announced a line of knitting products, reports… Read more »