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Stories of the Slain

Review of "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed"

  Paradise is lost to those who somehow lived through the genocide in Rwanda. The country with spectacular, seemingly painted scenery of rain forests, tea plantations, banana trees, eucalyptus trees, brilliant green grass, volcanic peaks, and fertile soil is “empty” in the eyes of survivors like Joseph, one of the many who shared their tragic, horrifying stories with Philip Gourevitch. Full story

Cynthia Ozick Describes the Indescribable

Review of "The Shawl"

  What is our world but a bowl into which we drain the broth of our most innate and wholesome emotions. We cry and sweat and bleed, among other things, often at the peak of our vehemence. But our physical lexis is frequently incapable of accurately expressing our innermost feelings. Full story

Frank Sinatra Had a Cold, But Talese’s Story was Contagious

Review of "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" by Gay Talese

  Coming to you in living color: Frank Sinatra, the man who “withstood the test of time, the man who had everything, lost it all then got it back, the man who could do whatever he wanted, the man who let nothing stand in his way,” captured like never before. Full story

What Would Jesus Write?

Review of "The Heart of Evangelism" by Jerram Barrs

NEW YORK - None of my reporting will be remembered two thousand years from now. As the seconds tick by, I recognize that I share company with all journalists, and all people, in the sense that I have only one life to live, one chance to be the person I want to be. Full story

Bearing William Faulkner

Review of "The Bear" by William Faulkner

What does it mean to truly be a man? William Faulkner knows. Take it from the example given by the whiskey-swirling, game-hunting, story-telling author from Oxford, Mississippi in his short story, “The Bear.”   An often overlooked work of this Nobel Prize-winning American author, “The Bear” is just one on a long list of his published short stories. Full story