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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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December 2005



George Knapp's new book

Wed, 12/28/05 9:57 A GMT-08
Las Vegas television reporter and CityLife columnist George Knapp has co-authored a new book called "Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah." The other author is Colm Kelleher, a scientist who worked -- o

Best albums of 2005

Wed, 12/21/05 10:43 P GMT-08
It's that time of year again: Time for me to pretend I know something about popular music and rate the best albums of 2005. Truth is, I listened to a hell of a lot of CDs this year, so I definitely was exposed to a broad range of music. Of course, as
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Bush must go

Sat, 12/17/05 4:44 P GMT-08
So, President Bush has acknowledged the validity of the New York Times report that he ordered wiretaps on Americans without court order after 9/11. What's more, Bush strongly defended this clearly illegal practice and said he would authorize more suc

Joe's flawed assumption

Mon, 12/12/05 6:32 P GMT-08
One of my mentors in the news business, the late Las Vegas Sun Executive Editor Mike O'Callaghan, taught me something important about opinion writing. He believed that if you are going to shoot off opinions about, say, the Middle East conflict, you'l