RaveO: The Oprah Magazine... the eminent short story writer and Booker Prize-winner George Saunders comes to the rescue with A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, an enthralling, clear-eyed, between-the-covers seminar on seven classic Russian stories and what they reveal about the form--and about human nature ... There are razor-sharp critiques here but also rich personal history. What’s most striking about the book is Saunders’ conversational, even intimate tone--we are getting a master class in how to read and write fiction ... by picking his way through these seven tales Saunders rejuvenates his craft, not only as an author but as a teacher. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Chanel Miller
RaveOprah... harrowing ... Miller takes back her identity in a chilling and ultimately triumphant memoir that reveals how she has moved on—from victim to writer and activist ... Miller flips that script, assembling a collage of court transcripts, personal history, and dawning fierceness ... evokes a woman whose spirit hasn’t been broken—a study in what it means to strike back, not in revenge, but in reclamation.
