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Schumacher Literary Hall of Fame

Here is a list of fiction writers who are among my personal favorites (with a representative book listed alongside). These are not the usual suspects, but some of the lesser-known writers I like. Richard Yates, "Revolutionary Road"; John Fante, "Ask the Dust"; Nelson Algren, "The Man with the Golden Arm"; Frederick Exley, "A Fan's Notes"; Charles Portis, "The Dog of the South"; John Williams, "Stoner"; Patrick Hamilton, "Hangover Square"; Richard Russo, "Empire Falls"; Richard Ford, "The Sportswriter"; Don DeLillo, "White Noise"; Jim Harrison, "True North"; Raymond Carver, "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?"; Willy Vlautin, "The Motel Life"; Michael Chabon, "The Wonder Boys"; Ian McEwan, "Atonement"; Colson Whitehead, "John Henry Days"; Orhan Pamuk, "Snow"; Junot Diaz, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"; Avram Davidson, "Vergil in Averno"

Recent reading: recommended fiction

The Secret of Lost Things (2006), Sheridan Hay; Absurdistan (2006), Gary Shteyngart; Five Skies (2007), Ron Carlson; Citizen Vince (2005), Jess Walter; On Chesil Beach (2007), Ian McEwan; We're in Trouble (2005), Christopher Coake; Returning to Earth (2007), Jim Harrison; The Lay of the Land (2006), Richard Ford

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November 2008



Remember Iraq? Dexter Filkins won't soon forget

Mon, 11/24/08 10:53 P GMT-08
With all the chatter lately about the collapse of the U.S. economy, the Iraq occupation is taking a back seat in the news. That's unfortunate, because the disaster continues to unfold over there. A lot of books have been published over the past f

Political notebook: Auto bailout, Lieberman, Franken and more

Wed, 11/19/08 3:42 P GMT-08
1. Let's not bail out the American automakers. They have been so incompetent on so many levels for so long that they don't deserve to be propped up. It'll be a case of throwing good money after bad.2. Sen. Joe Lieberman got off too easy.
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Obama wins big; Al Franken apparently does not

Wed, 11/05/08 6:52 A GMT-08
In case you've been in a coma, Barack Obama is president-elect of the United States this morning. There is no controversy. He won big, at least 349 electoral votes (including Nevada's five electoral votes) with a few states still to be counte