Julia Keller

Julia Keller appears in the following:

A Historic Backdrop Frames Forbidden Love In 'The Paying Guests'

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Sarah Waters' latest novel, set in 1920s London, examines the moral consequences of passion. Though slightly too long, this book brings the past to life with exquisite clarity.

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William T. Vollmann's Ghost Stories Are Frighteningly Self-Indulgent

Thursday, July 17, 2014

William T. Vollmann's 2005 novel Europe Central was a masterpiece. His latest work, a collection of ghost stories entitled "Last Stories and Other Stories" is flabby and cliched.

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Bustin' Into June With Sweet, Silly Poetry

Friday, May 30, 2014

Not a single snowflake was present — in fact, it was a sunny, 75 degree day — when my friend's 6-year-old daughter, Catherine, suddenly sang, "Do you want to build a snowman?" I thought she'd momentarily taken leave of her senses, a swoon brought on by too many Skittles.

But ...

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In Mona Simpson's 'Casebook,' A Holden Caulfield For Our Time

Thursday, May 15, 2014

The teenage protagonist in Simpson's novel spies on his parents and learns their secrets. It's a haunting cross between Harriet the Spy and The Catcher in the Rye.

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Heading West: The Gritty, Luminous 'Son Of A Gun'

Monday, August 12, 2013

My parents married young — both were still undergraduates — and so by the time my father started graduate school in mathematics, he and my mother were the harried parents of three small children. They wanted us to see America. And so my father chose the University of Arizona — ...

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