Greg Johnson, Author University Press of Florida $24.95 (55p) ISBN 978-0-8130-1187-5
Language itself is the focal point of fiction writer Johnson's ( Pagan Babies ) first collection of poetry: the words family and doctors don't say to those who are dying; the friend who wants to go out with a good exit line; even a brilliant poem...
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Greg Johnson, Author Johns Hopkins University Press $13.95 (184p) ISBN 978-0-8018-5376-0
Johnson's third collection of stories (most of them previously published in various literary magazines) portrays troubled fathers, frightened children and ineffectual mothers as they try to avoid their fates. A too-passionate fan of internal...
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Greg Johnson, Author Dutton Books $20 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-93560-5
This first novel by short-story writer Johnson ( A Friendly Deceit ) regrettably exhibits some of the classic flaws of a debut work: an episodic ``and then . . . and then'' style; telling more than showing (i.e., relentless over-explanation); lack...
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Greg Johnson, Author Dutton Books $34.95 (560p) ISBN 978-0-525-94163-7
Commenting on her output of more than 400 published stories, 30-plus novels and other writings, a hostile critic called Oates an ""inexhaustible word machine."" Johnson, however, evokes her as something more than a typist with a self-confessed ""blin
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Greg Johnson, Author . Alyson $23.95 (317p) ISBN 978-1-55583-637-5
A glittery Christmas holiday season in Georgia provides the fitting backdrop for this moving, poignant portrait of a family's reconciliation, imbued with the transformative grace of forgiveness. After four years of silence, Thom Sandler, a gay...
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Greg Johnson, Author Johns Hopkins University Press $0 (184p) ISBN 978-0-8018-4406-5
With deceit as its central theme, this lackluster collection of short fiction poses various--but ultimately limited--scenarios in which people fool themselves and others as a means of maintaining their (miserable) survival. With so much blind...
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