Book Review: Years of Red Dust by Qiu Xiaolong
Years of Red Dust Qiu Xiaolong St. Martin’s Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-62809-3 Hardcover The author of the Inspector Chen series, which usually portrayed incisive pictures of Chinese culture and politics, turns his attention to another form of literature: these short stories which mirror the changes in the country from 1949 and the beginning of the [...]
July 3, 2011
Tags: general fiction, Shanghai, short stories, St. Martin's Press Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: Mattaponi Queen by Belle Boggs
Mattaponi Queen Belle Boggs Graywolf Press, 2010 ISBN 9781555975586 Trade Paperback “There’s one lady, Nellie Wynn, you know her?” Ronnie asked one day. “Lives over near the post office?” “Yeah,” Skinny said. “That’s my parents’ old place she lives in.” “Oh,” Ronnie said. “It’s a nice house. Every day she offers me a cookie out [...]
August 21, 2010
Tags: American Indians, Graywolf Press, short stories, Virginia Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
The Toughest Indian in the World Sherman Alexie Grove Press, 2001 ISBN 0802138004 Trade Paperback “Are you an Indian?” he asked me. Of course I was. (Jesus, my black hair hung down past my ass and I was dark as a pecan!) I’d grown up on my reservation with my tribe. I understood most of [...]
August 11, 2010
Tags: American Indian, anthology, ethnic, general fiction, Grove Press, short stories Posted in: Full Reviews 5 Comments
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