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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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March 2007



Borders blows it

Thu, 03/22/07 6:59 P GMT-08
Hindsight is 20/20, of course, but one of the big business mistakes of this young century must be credited to the Borders bookstore chain. In 2000, Borders decided not to develop its online sales program, according to a March 22 Wall Street Journal s

Obama's first book

Mon, 03/19/07 8:24 P GMT-08
I don't know what's going to happen with Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid. He's a strong candidate, and I think he'll be a serious contender well into next year, but he's far from a lock for the Democratic nomination. I sa

Back in the saddle

Tue, 03/06/07 9:28 P GMT-08
It's good to be back. I was gone for a while. Not physically but mentally for sure. The past month or so was a blur. Practically every waking moment when I wasn't at the office was devoted to finishing my book, to be titled "Politics, Pa
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