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One sweltering night, in a neighborhood on the cusp of change, boy meets girl. If they'd only gone home together, they might still be alive. Loisaida -- A New York Story is a steamy elegy to the East Village at its pre-gentrification grittiest. An aspiring dancer is slain, allegedly by her psychotic lover. A dilettante actor turned journalist who thinks there's more to the story investigates.
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The Simulated Life Elapsed Experience Process aka The Death Trip — “comfort care for the dying” or something more nefarious? After the death of his beloved grandmother, Chuck decides to investigate. He soon finds himself torn between two women — the activist who suspects a dark agenda and the beautiful MD who helped create the process.
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Apr
8

Proud Independents — Five Books You Won’t Find in Chains

Marion on April 8th, 2010

A trip to any indistinguishable chain bookstore will tell you what you need to know about the current crisis in publishing — glossy-covered bestsellers by the usual suspects, characters from classics transformed into “vampyres” and zombie-killers, second-rate celebrities eager to tell all. But where are the fresh new writers? Where are the strong [...]

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Jan
30

Soho Serenade — Glimpses of a Floating World, Book Review

Marion on January 30th, 2010

Larry Harrison’s dark and dazzling first novel, Glimpses of a Floating World takes its title from the phrase used to describe the red-light district of 18th century Edo, now known as Tokyo. The Japanese term alludes to the Buddhist concept for “the transient nature and suffering that defines our earthly existence.” [...]

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