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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Shannon Fox
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get … Read More The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Marriage Plot
by Shannon Fox
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides It’s the early 1980s—the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to Talking Heads. But Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that … Read More The Marriage Plot
Local San Diego: Paul Harding
by Shannon Fox
UCSD New Writing Series Presents Paul Harding, 4/11/12 You have to love an artist who can poke fun at himself. Paul Harding was introduced by his friend and UCSD Professor, Ben Doller. Professor Doller started off his presentation by reading from some of Harding’s worst reviews on Amazon.com. Apparently, some people found his novel, Tinkers, boring, without plot, and a waste of time. For … Read More Local San Diego: Paul Harding
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