First & Second Looks

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TitleAuthorIssue
18 Lies and 3 TruthsCarol Edgarian and Tom JenksWinter 2008
A Day at the BeachHelen SchulmanWinter 2008
A Long and Happy LifeReynolds PriceFall 2006
A Real Good WarSam HalpertSpring 2009
A Tidewater MorningWilliam StyronWinter 2007
An American FamilyHarry CrewsWinter 2008
At the Gentle Mercy of PlantsHildegarde FlannerSpring 2009
Bad FaithCarmen CallilWinter 2007
Behind the Scenes at the MuseumKate AtkinsonWinter 2009
Black SunGeoffrey WolffFall 2007
BlackwaterKerstin EkmanFall 2009
Childhood, Boyhood & Youth Leo TolstoySpring 2006
Colette: Earthly Paradise Robert PhelpsSpring 2006
Collected PoemsDonald JusticeFall 2008
Coming Through SlaughterMichael OndaatjeWinter 2007
District and CircleSeamus HeaneySpring 2008
Double LivesRichard LingemanSpring 2006
ErasurePercival EverettFall 2007
Esther StoriesPeter OrnerWinter 2007
Famous Fathers and Other StoriesPia Z. EhrhardtSpring 2007
Fancy GoodsPaul MorandSpring 2009
Four Seasons in RomeAnthony DoerrWinter 2009
Free Food for MillionairesMin Jin LeeSpring 2007
Fun Home: A Family TragicomicAlison BechdelWinter 2009
Haunts of the Black Masseur Charles SprawsonWinter 2010
Homo FaberMax FrischFall 2009
Howards EndE. M. ForsterFall 2007
Hunger of MemoryRichard RodriguezWinter 2008
Independent PeopleHalldór LaxnessSpring 2009
Italian Journey: 1786-1788Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFall 2008
James Tiptree, Jr.Julie PhillipsSpring 2008
John OsborneJohn HeilpernSpring 2007
Jude the ObscureThomas HardyFall 2009
Jungle LawVictoria VintonFall 2005
Last NightJames SalterFall 2005
LaviniaUrsula K. Le GuinFall 2009
Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women. Unique, Eccentric and Amazing EntertainersRicky JayFall 2007
Leaving CheyenneLarry McMurtryWinter 2010
MadlyWilliam BentonWinter 2006
Malgudi DaysR. K. NarayanSpring 2007
Memoir of the Bookie’s SonSidney OffitSpring 2009
Miss Lulu Bett and Selected StoriesZona GaleWinter 2006
Modern ArtEvelyn ToyntonSpring 2008
Narrow Road to the InteriorMatsuo BashōWinter 2010
Night Thoughts of a Classical PhysicistRussell McCormmachFall 2007
North of BostonRobert FrostSpring 2008
On Late StyleEdward SaidFall 2006
One Writer’s BeginningsEudora WeltySpring 2006
Out of Sheer Rage Geoff DyerSpring 2008
PeaceRichard BauschSpring 2009
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the HeartJens August SchadeWinter 2009
PetropolisAnya Ullinich Fall 2008
Play It As It LaysJoan DidionWinter 2007
Reading, Writing, and Leaving HomeLynn FreedFall 2005
Reporting the UniverseE. L. DoctorowFall 2005
Rome and a VillaEleanor ClarkFall 2008
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: New Beginnings and New Directions, 1953-1968Robert Penn WarrenFall 2008
Suite FrançaiseIrène NémirovskySpring 2006
The American TranscendentalistsLawrence BuellWinter 2006
The Barracks ThiefTobias WolffWinter 2006
The BewilderedPeter RockFall 2005
The Bird ArtistHoward NormanWinter 2008
The Deltoid Pumpkin SeedJohn McPheeFall 2007
The EmigrantsW. G. SebaldWinter 2007
The Engima of ArrivalV. S. NaipaulFall 2006
The Ghost WriterPhilip RothSpring 2006
The Great War and Modern MemoryPaul FussellSpring 2007
The Leopard Hat Valerie SteikerWinter 2008
The Making of a WriterGail GodwinFall 2006
The Perfect Scent Chandler BurrSpring 2008
The QuincunxCharles PalliserFall 2009
The Secret AgentJoseph ConradFall 2006
The SparrowMaria Doria RussellSpring 2009
The Summer He Didn't DieJim HarrisonFall 2005
The Summing UpW. Somerset MaughamWinter 2009
The Twilight of the SuperheroesDeborah EisenbergSpring 2007
The Way of Ignorance and Other EssaysWendell BerryWinter 2007
The Writing Workshop Note BookAlan ZieglerWinter 2008
They Came Like SwallowsWilliam MaxwellFall 2008
Time Will Darken ItWilliam MaxwellWinter 2006
Times Like TheseRachel IngallsWinter 2006
West with the NightBeryl MarkhamFall 2005
What You Have LeftWill AllisonFall 2007
Where the River BendsBarry RaineWinter 2007
Wrack and RuinDon LeeFall 2008