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  What are you reading?

  I just finished "Tropic of Cancer" and am currently reading "The Immoralist" by André Gide. I haven't read many female authors but last summer I stumbled upon Kay Boyle's "Life Being the Best & Other Stories" at the library while hunting down a different Boyle (T.C.). I borrowed it on a whim and really enjoyed most of the stories. The writing is wonderful. I recommend it!

  I also recently read Grub-alum Ellen Litman's "The Last Chicken in America: A Novel in Stories," which I liked, though my interest in the characters had waned by the last few stories, and it's far from "required reading." Z.Z. Packer's "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" is an engrossing read from start to finish, however, with only "Geese" missing the mark.

  Posted 14 Jul 08 in the narrative ark