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More accurately, I'd give this book three and a half stars. When it was on---in stories such as Legends and Animals Here Below---it was dead on, and Puchner uses humor that is heartbreaking and purposeful to get to the essence of his fragile characters without sacrificing them. However, a few of his stories, Mission and Diablo in particular, felt inauthentic in their attempts to tackle questions of social justice and politics, not only in their self-consciousness, but in voice and character as well. The more outlandish acts in some of these stories---a gunman entering a car of driver's ed students, for instance---felt more real to me than the more mundane thoughts and actions of the characters in the aforementioned stories. ]]> 22350689 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:59:39 -0700 Review20294948 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20294948 to: Steal Away: Selected and New Poems (Paperback) by C.D. Wright
]]> 20385084 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:35:42 -0700 Comment555866 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18664016 Danielle's review of Music Through the Floor: Stories
by Eric Puchner

I'll try, but mostly my comments consist of: "that was awesome" or "eh." I have heard him read from some of the stories before, and was impressed, and the reading last week was fantastic. He is super funny, but in a way that serves the story and the characters in surprisingly emotional ways. He doesn't, as Eileen would say, just do "jazz hands" all the time. I'll let you know what I think! ]]> 20175723 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:05:18 -0700 Review18587716 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18587716 to: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (Hardcover) by Deborah Madison
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]]> 18233193 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:10:28 -0800 Review17011688 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17011688 The Women Were Leaving the Men (Made in Michigan Writers Series) by Andy Mozina
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