News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #34…

#193: Review of Malena. Some readers might have noticed that I added Edgardo David Holzman to my list of up-and-coming authors for his Malena (see last Monday’s review). If Edgardo never writes another book, this one still puts him high on the list of historical novelists. I happen to love Argentina and its people but hate its juntas. This is my common perception of most of Latin America. Nevertheless, first and foremost, Edgardo wrote a good story—that’s what it’s all about.

I’ve also added S...