Top stories published by Nina Sankovitch in 2013

Edgar Allan Poe wrote impassioned love letters to Annie Richmond, the married woman with whom he carried out an intense but platonic relationship, crying out “Why am I not with you now darling that I might sit by your side, press your dear hand in mine, & look deep down…

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Apr 3, 2013

The Tender Side of Wild Bill Hickok

On August 2, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was playing poker at a saloon in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory, in the town of Deadwood. A former buffalo hunter named Jack McCall (nicknamed “Broken Nose Jack”) walked in to the saloon, sidled up beside Hickok, drew his…

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Apr 18, 2013

Oleander Girl: Coming of Age

Early in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new novel, Oleander Girl, the dead mother of Korobi Roy appears to the young woman in a dream, beckoning to her from a bedroom window. Reading the novel, I felt as if I were that mother, an omniscient presence able to read my child’s mind…

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Aug 2, 2013

Summer Reading: An Update

My mother is re-reading Barbara Pym this summer! Great books…

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Oct 23, 2013

Someone Extraordinary

Someone by Alice McDermott is a marvel of grace, insight, and beauty. There is no high-blown melodrama, there are no…

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Sep 3, 2013

How the Light Gets In

Louise Penny has done it again. Magic. Wonderful, captivating, heart-pumping, edge-of-the-seat magic. In her ninth Chief…

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Oct 8, 2013

Women of a Certain Age

An examination of life looking back from a mature age is at the center of The Last First Day by Carrie Brown and I Married You For Happiness by Lily Tuck. The authors avoid the easy take on growing old and instead go for the difficult but incisive exploration of what it means — and what…

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Jan 5, 2013

Coming of Age in Nigeria

A friend recently lent me her copy of Purple Hibiscus, the first novel of a writer I love (and have reviewed here before), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. My friend was born and raised in Nigeria, as was Adichie, and when we first met and discussed books we liked, I know Jumi was pleased to…

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May 16, 2013

Reading Slow and Fast

I am a fast reader. By nature or nurture, I cannot say. My mother is a fast reader, as is my eldest son (he is a very fast reader). I’ve always felt it was a gift, a way to read even more in a world where so many of us talk about the pile of books waiting to be read on our bedside table or…

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Jun 12, 2013

Summer Reading: Good Times

Summer loving is good but summer reading can be even better! I won’t waste your time with long explanations — I want to give you plenty of hours to spend reading! Add in a little loving when you can, and you will have a great summer.

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