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Interviews | June 19, 2009

Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text



jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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Spring must be in the air, for we can't seem to stop frolicking among tulips, dandelions, and the brightly colored books that bloom on our walls. Spring fever grips the protagonist of interviewee Lionel Shriver's The Post-Birthday World, while the sale on Anne Lamott's books — including her latest, Grace (Eventually) — makes us as giddy as newborn bunnies. If allergies are giving you grief, the best remedy is a great book — we suggest the latest works from essayists Masha Hamilton (The Camel Bookmobile), Mohsin Hamid (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), and Myriam Gurba (Dahlia Season), or perhaps INK Q&A subject Jim Butcher's White Night.
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Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver's new novel, The Post-Birthday World, is a psychologically astute exploration of an age-old question: What if? Two parallel stories, running side by side, detail one woman's decision: what happens if she gives in to temptation, and what if she doesn't? Which life is better? Shriver pulls off an impressive balancing act which documents the often surprising consequences of desire. Entertainment Weekly gives The Post-Birthday World an A and high praise: "Shriver, a brilliant and versatile writer, allows these competing stories to unfold organically, each a fully rounded drama, rich with irony, ambiguity, and unforeseeable human complications."

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Every year we were wakened by my father's voice, speaking in a soft but firm whisper: "Let's go, sleepy-heads, it's Easter Sunday."

We always rose, heavy-lidded but eager, and quickly dressed in the clothes he'd laid out for us on the ends of our beds. We gathered in the backyard, forming a semicircle around my father, who held sway like a ringmaster — or a drill sergeant who gave hugs. "The Easter Bunny was here," he'd inform us in a solemn tone. "And here's the proof." He'd hold up a colored egg that seemed suspiciously similar to the ones we'd dyed only a few nights earlier. (If anyone were foolish enough to express this seeming coincidence, however, my father suggested the speaker hadn't gotten enough sleep, and sent him back to bed to miss out on the Easter fun.)

"So we know the bunny's around," my father would continue, "and he must be stopped. You know what rabbits do, right? Unless we want to drown in these damn colored eggs, we've got to turn him into fricassee. First one to get the Easter Bunny between the eyes wins the prize."

And so began the annual Brockman family Easter Bunny Hunt. Next came the drawing of the straws, the biggest getting first pick of the weapons Dad laid out on the picnic table. Of course we each wanted the BB gun. I always wound up choosing last and usually ended up with the rusty hatchet we used for chopping firewood — which made dispatching the bunny a horrendous, truly messy affair. Luckily I never found the varmint myself. My brothers seemed to have more skill in tracking the colored eggs to the culprit who had laid them.

Although I never won the basket of candy and G.I. Joe toys, I always managed to sneak a few jelly beans when the victorious sibling wasn't looking. Besides, rabbit fricassee and a week of colorful hardboiled eggs for lunch is truly its own reward.

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MOHSIN HAMID: ORIGINAL ESSAY
Mohsin Hamid In Mohsin Hamid's gripping new novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a Pakistani man working at a corporate firm in New York is living an immigrant's dream of America. But in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, which unearths allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love. Read Hamid's original essay and save 30% on The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

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Myriam Gurba Combining the spark of Michelle Tea, the comic angst of Augusten Burroughs, and the warmth of Sandra Cisneros, Myriam Gurba has created a territory all her own in her first book, Dahlia Season. Read Gurba's original essay and save 30% off Dahlia Season.

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JIM BUTCHER: INK Q&A
Jim Butcher In White Night, the latest novel of Jim Butcher's "The Dresden Files" (now a hit series on the Sci-Fi Channel), professional wizard Harry Dresden is investigating a series of deaths when he uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but those closest to him. Check out the series Entertainment Weekly calls "Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe." Read Butcher's INK Q&A and get White Night at 30% off the list price.

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CATHRYN JOKOBSON RAMIN: GUEST BLOGGER
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Fup.  Store Cat.

"I'm tired," Bagheera complains.

"Jet lag," Bear tells him.

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"It's about time for breakfast," Oreo announces. "How's the kedgeree coming?"

Fup calls from the next room: "Almost ready. Ten minutes."

April is "Eating the World" month. Honoring the notion of Greenwich Mean Time, Fup decided that the first meal of the cats' celebration should reflect a British menu — in cuisine as well as in time, if not in literal geography. It's one o'clock in the morning in Portland, Oregon.

Bagheera can hardly keep his eyes open. "What time do they eat leftovers in England?" he asks.

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