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...believe…” they weep without understanding, until the anguish recedes and they are returned to indifference. It is the analysis of sorrowful themes such as this, tinged with optimism, that characterizes his latest collection “Speak Low.”In his 10th book, a collection of 38 short poems, Phillips presents a thoughtful view on the rituals that propel us through life and the ways in which we are able to break free of them.A Harvard grad, Phillips first published his first collection, “In the Blood...
...help drinking and falls into unruly lewdness when he does; Angela, a student at the local college, clings pathetically to her ever-elusive professor and lover Stuart, while he, in turn, struggles with his writing. As their lives intersect—at times in unexpected ways—the book evokes the particularly tragic chaos of suburban existence in which adults, unwilling and untethered, slowly slide away from the vision of a happy life. It’s a reluctance to surrender these individual visions that fuels the collective fascination with one another’s failures. Suburban desperation...
...economy is the economy of Hemingway, if Hemingway was sleepwalking or under hypnosis. The passage above, from Johnson’s latest novel, “Nobody Move,” glimpses these heights. It’s the only one.In 2007, Johnson received the National Book Award for his six hundred-page Vietnam War epic, “Tree of Smoke.” Last year, he serialized “Nobody Move,” a self-proclaimed “noir novel,” in four parts—each corresponding to about 50 widely spaced...
...uncertain of whether to book a summer trip in light of the rapidly changing flu situation, consider purchasing travel insurance policy. Basic travel insurance, which typically costs 4% to 8% of the cost of the trip, gets you your money back if you encounter illness (as well as travel mishaps like missed connections or airline strikes) before or during travel. But look closely at the fine print or ask the insurers directly whether you will be covered if you contract the H1N1 flu. "Some companies have a specific exclusion for pandemics," says Brad Finkle, past president of the U.S. Travel...
...Niet was stunned when he came across a photograph of Muong Kuong Market in a Russian art book several years ago - the painting was allegedly hanging in the Oriental Museum in Moscow. Niet says he sent a letter to Oriental Museum officials, who confirmed that they owned the original. When Niet went back to the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts to complain, "they told me that I painted two paintings and that I had sold one to Russia," he says. Sitting by her husband's side on a plastic stool, Niet's wife says she wishes that were true...