false 1334278 4 1323803 2007 Refresh, Refresh total:133|5:47|4:48|3:29|2:8|1:1| 133 531 221 49 5 2 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 07 07:46:50 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 10 08:35:59 -0800 2009 Meltdown for instance is a post nuclear accident story similar to The Road, and in another a father and son come across a body on a hunting expedition, much like Carver's So Much Water So Close to Home - and maybe for its ex...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 06:52:29 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 06:58:49 -0700 2008
But this book, as much as the big M is its subject, varies the formula some by introducing...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 14:51:29 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 10:47:03 -0800 2007
My favorite stories were: The Killing, Meltdown, and Refresh, Refresh.

The protagonist of The Killing is exceptionally well etched: a Vietnam vet who keeps his amputated foot in a bucket of formaldeh...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 09 11:10:30 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 11:20:53 -0800 2008 These are difficult but powerful stories. They all take place in central Oregon, which, I didn't quite realize, is a very different place from the Portland/Wilamette Valle...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 21:04:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 19:23:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 05:24:53 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 05:27:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Sep 13 23:39:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 20:14:02 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 23:39:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 14:27:19 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 14:29:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 07:15:20 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 22:41:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 08:19:39 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 07:14:21 -0800 2007
This is a second collection that reads like a first. Honest to god, these stories came fresh from an MFA workshop, filtered through a thesis reading and went straight to video. He has a workman-like concept of plot -- the stories get to all the right places, but in a plodding, pain...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 03 15:43:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 21 09:07:24 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 15:42:56 -0800 2008
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