Chris Tusa http://christusa.net/blog Turning the South on Its Head Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:47:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Ten Books You Must Read in 2008 http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/ten-books-you-must-read-in-2008/ http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/ten-books-you-must-read-in-2008/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:47:25 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/ten-books-you-must-read-in-2008/ 1) Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
2) The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
3) Ice at the Bottom of the Sea by Mark Richard
4) The Worthy by Will Clarke
5) Eden by Olympia Vernon
6) Talking Dirty to the Gods by Yusef Komunyakaa
7) Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
8) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
9) Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
10) Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions by Maurice Manning

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/ten-books-you-must-read-in-2008/feed/ Ice at the Bottom of the World http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/a/ http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/a/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:32:50 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/a/ Just finished Mark Richard’s The Ice at the Bottom of the World, and it was fantastic. Lyrical prose filled with gritty, dysfunctional characters. What else could you ask for?

From Library Journal
In Richard’s collection of short stories, we are in familiar but updated Faulkner/Caldwell territory, the gothic American South. Specifically, we are in the country of that endangered species, the redneck. In sharply detailed stories presented without excuse or judgment, and often with a sharp bite of humor, Richard offers creditable characters in the middle of their singular lives. Though full of peculiarly Southern connections, these stories transcend Southern particularity. They are about universals: love and loss and birth and death. –Marcia Tager, Tenafly, N.J. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/a/feed/ Wow! http://christusa.net/blog/2007/10/16/wow/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/10/16/wow/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:16:55 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/10/16/wow/ If you haven’t checked out this site, you may want to. It list tons of author interviews, all in mp3 format.

http://www.wiredforbooks.org/swaim

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/10/16/wow/feed/ Check Out Will Clarke’s New Book Trailer for The Worthy http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/28/will-clarkes-new-book-trailer-for-the-worthy/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/28/will-clarkes-new-book-trailer-for-the-worthy/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:29:44 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/?p=63

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/28/will-clarkes-new-book-trailer-for-the-worthy/feed/ Great Article on Harry Crews http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/27/great-article-on-harry-crews/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/27/great-article-on-harry-crews/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:52:10 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/27/great-article-on-harry-crews/ http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/southern_literary_journal/v034/34.1abernathy.html

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/27/great-article-on-harry-crews/feed/ New Review of Haunted Bones http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/06/new-review-of-haunted-bones/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/06/new-review-of-haunted-bones/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:44:15 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/06/new-review-of-haunted-bones/ Rambles just posted a new review of Haunted Bones. Thanks to Virginia MacIsaac for her kind words:

http://www.rambles.net/tusa_bones06.html

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/06/new-review-of-haunted-bones/feed/ Flight, a New Novel from Sherman Alexie http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/18/flight-a-new-novel-from-sherman-alexie/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/18/flight-a-new-novel-from-sherman-alexie/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:01:32 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/18/flight-a-new-novel-from-sherman-alexie/ If you haven’t read Sherman Alexie’s Flight, run to Barnes and Noble and get it today. It’s one of the most creative novels I’ve read in a while, and it’s an extremely easy read. Here’s a recent review from the Times:

Click here

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/18/flight-a-new-novel-from-sherman-alexie/feed/ Where is the South in Today’s Southern Literature? http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/13/where-is-the-south-in-todays-southern-literature/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/13/where-is-the-south-in-todays-southern-literature/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:27:44 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/13/where-is-the-south-in-todays-southern-literature/ Here’s a great article by Jason Sanford of StorySouth:

http://www.storysouth.com/summer2002/wheresouth.html

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/13/where-is-the-south-in-todays-southern-literature/feed/ Good Dystopian Novels http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/12/good-dystopian-novels/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/12/good-dystopian-novels/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:40:43 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/12/good-dystopian-novels/ For those of you interested in dystopian Novels, I’d highly recommend Orwell’s Animal Farm, Brave New World, 1984, and Clockwork Orange. Here’s a link to a much longer list:

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5479

]]> http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/12/good-dystopian-novels/feed/ New Review of Haunted Bones at Ghotimag.com http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/07/new-review-of-haunted-bones-at-gotimagcom/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/07/new-review-of-haunted-bones-at-gotimagcom/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:24:52 +0000 Chris http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/07/new-review-of-haunted-bones-at-gotimagcom/ C.L. Bledsoe has just published a review of my new book of poetry, Haunted Bones. You can read the review here:

http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewtusa.htm

Thanks C.L. for the kind words.

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