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Title: Before & After: Stories from New York by Thomas Beller ISBN: 0-393-32353-6 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Bravo Bryan Charles!
Comment: In this excellent collection of New York stories, Bryan Charles's is the standout by far. He describes how a mundane morning at work turned into a nightmare. If you want to know what it was like to be there, this is the story to read. The account of his escape from the Towers will make your heart pound. As time passes and this event takes on even greater historical importance, accademics and general readers alike will look to this story as the primary account of what happened in New York on 9/11.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful book!!!
Comment: This is a book that shouldn't be missed. These stories are original, funny, smart, lovely, heartbreaking and real. Way to go, Thomas Beller. It's good to see editors who go out of their way to pay attention to the voices of their generation.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Collection
Comment: I got this book as a gift and wasn't expecting much from it-I actually thought the whole idea was a bit distasteful. The notion of anyone profiting from Sept. 11th, whether by money or publicity, was abhorrent to me.
I have to admit, though, that I couldn't put the thing down! There are some gems in this collection, many from writers I've never heard of but will certainly be looking out for in the future. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this book turns out to be a collector's item in 20 years when some of the younger writers have made some headway onto the literary map (there are already some big names in here like Jeanette Winterson and Phillip Lopate).
If you don't have the time or the patience to read the whole book (there are about 60 stories in all), I'd suggest at least reading these (I'm referring to my dog-eared personal favorites):
In the Before section, stories by:
-Leelila Strogov
-Jim Merlis
-Maura Kelly
-Snooder Greenberg
-Luc Sante
-Michael Cunningham
-Thomas Beller
-Josh Kramer
-Sabin Streeter
-Josh Gilbert
In the After section, stories by:
-Debra Fontaine
-Charles Waters
-Bryan Charles
-Sam Lipsyte
-Elizabeth Grove
-Amy Brill
-Vince Passaro
-Dorothy Spears
-Joseph Lieber
All in all, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in important, moving, funny, and of course also very sad NY stories, as well as a cross-section of some very fine writing.
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Title: September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond by William Heyen, Joy Harjo, Joanna Scott, John Updike, Denis Johnson ISBN: 0971822808 Publisher: Etruscan Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11 by Ulrich Baer ISBN: 0814799051 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Never Forget : An Oral History of September 11, 2001 by Mitchell Fink ISBN: 0060514337 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche ISBN: 0865476756 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 11 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman ISBN: 0465001769 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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