Stewart O'Nan's Books
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Guardian.co.uk, November 2, 2009
...translated by Shaun Whiteside HR Ole Kulet Blossoms of the Savannah Linda Olsson Sonata for Miriam Stewart O'Nan Songs for the Missing Joseph O'Neill Netherland David Park The Truth Commissioner Emily Perkins Novel About My Wife ...
Culturevulture.net, August 20, 2009
...industry, chemical corporations and commercial advertising. Muckraking, witty and provocative, it provides a panoramic view of America. -- Stewart O'Nan, 'Last Night at the Lobster House' (Penguin). A poignant tale about the trials and tribulations of...
Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2009
...this might be seen as a collectible, not unlike limited-edition vinyl. Editor Dennis Lehane selected new stories by Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Don Lee and others for "Boston Noir," in addition to contributing one of his own. The book...
Chicago Sun-Times, August 16, 2009
...unfairly assessed as a minor work. The tone here may be lighter, but, like such underrated novelists as Stewart O'Nan and J. Robert Lennon, Russo works this behavioral beat better than most literary heavyweights who foolishly believe that they get...
NOLA Live, May 26, 2009
...power to the Review's board -- with former poet laureates William 'Billy' Collins and Rita Dove, novelists Stewart O'Nan and William Gay and memoirist Augusten Burroughs. 'When you walk into our conference room and see these pictures of past editors --...
Blogcritics.org, May 26, 2009
...the Bible -- is built on these themes. In the brilliant and disturbing A Prayer for the Dying, Stewart O'Nan brings an Old Testament feel to post-Civil War Wisconsin. Jacob Hansen is a Civil War vet who now resides with his wife and young daughter in...
Blogcritics.org, April 25, 2009
...Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O'Nan, is a novel of a parent's worst nightmare: a child gone missing. As wonderful a written as it is, Songs is still a tough one to read...
Washington Post, March 7, 2009
...lots of good readers, and I find the big houses give you the best shot at that,' says Stewart O'Nan, 48, a Connecticut-based author of 12 novels, including 2007's 'Last Night at the Lobster,' and several works of nonfiction. O'Nan and other established...
Hartford Courant, March 1, 2009
...good readers, and I find the big houses give you the best shot at that,' says Avon resident Stewart O'Nan, 48, author of 12 novels, including 2007's 'Last Night at the Lobster' (set in New Britain), and several works of non-fiction, including 'The Circus...
New York Times, February 27, 2009
...Stewart ONans most recent book is the novel A sequel to my 2002 novel After how sad Songs for the Missing was, I wanted to write a lighter book. Its all about Emily, the matriarch of the Maxwell clan, at home in Pittsburgh with her old dog Rufus. Shes...
Chicago Daily Herald, February 27, 2009
...Water,' Alan Drew 'Harriett and Isabella,' Patricia O'Brien 'In America,' Susan Sontag 'Last Night at the Lobster,' Stewart O'Nan 'Loving Frank,' Nancy Horan 'Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him,' Danielle Ganek 'Nineteen Minutes,' Jodi Picoult 'On Angry...
Concord Monitor, February 16, 2009
...will selfishly renounce - trust, intimacy, integrity, reality - to achieve what we believe is an impregnable security. (Stewart O'Nan's latest novel is Songs for the Missing...
Pop Matters, January 26, 2009
...Living Colour: The Paris Concert: Paris Concert, The Books | recent | archive :. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan :. I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes by Mardy Grothe...
The Daily Camera, January 18, 2009
...Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan. Viking, 287 pp. $25.95. The fiction of Stewart O'Nan may not be widely read in 50 years, or perhaps even 20. But he's still one...
Jamestown Post-Journal, January 11, 2009
...Sunset, Karen Kingsbury; Looking for A Miracle, Wanda Brunstetter; Plain and Fancy, Wanda Brunstetter; Songs for the Missing, Stewart O'Nan; Just After Sunset, Stephen King; The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand; The Leper, Steve Thayer; 'Tis the Season, Lorna...
The Independent, January 7, 2009
...and new life, only to snatch it away. In his 1992 Boston Review essay on Yates, the novelist Stewart O'Nan says: 'Yates refuses to spoonfeed us the usual redeeming, life-affirming plot twist that makes everything better. No comedy dilutes the...
The Independent, January 7, 2009
...and new life, only to snatch it away. In his 1992 Boston Review essay on Yates, the novelist Stewart O'Nan says: 'Yates refuses to spoonfeed us the usual redeeming, life-affirming plot twist that makes everything better. No comedy dilutes the...
Indianapolis Star, December 28, 2008
...Some books should come with warnings. That's not a complaint, at least in the case of Stewart O'Nan's haunting novel 'Songs for the Missing,' which kept me up most of the night. O'Nan firmly hooked me by the end of the first chapter, when...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 21, 2008
...poets Gerald Stern ('Save the Last Dance') and Jane Beatty ('Red Sugar') saw new collections published this year. Stewart O'Nan came out with his 11th novel, 'Songs for the Missing,' and witnessed the release of the film version of his first novel, 'Snow...
Monsters and Critics, December 19, 2008
...'Songs for the Missing' is the latest novel by Stewart O...
USA Today, December 15, 2008
...Some books should come with warnings. That's not a complaint, at least in the case of Stewart O'Nan's haunting novel Songs for the Missing, which kept me up most of the night. O'Nan firmly hooked me by the end of the first chapter, when...
Montgomery Advertiser, November 30, 2008
...Perry 'Salvation In Death' by J. D. Robb 'Heat Lightning' by John Sandford 'Songs For The Missing' by Stewart O'Nan 'Midnight' by Sister Souljah 'Swallowing Darkness' by Laurell Hamilton Young adult nonfiction 'Skateboarding' by Evan Goodfellow 'Teens'...
Newsday, November 30, 2008
...SONGS FOR THE MISSING, by Stewart O'Nan. Viking, 287 pp., 23.95. It's become an archetypal American story: the child who disappears, the frantic search by family and friends, the 'MISSING' posters, the milk...
Ask MetaFilter, October 19, 2009
...BookClubfilter: I'm tasked with picking the next book. I have some ideas, but could use the Hive's help.It's a group of pretty literary folks (English teachers and the like) and only about eight of us. We've read some heavy stuff lately and I'd like to...
In Reference to Murder, September 22, 2009
...Dufresne's "The Cross-Eyed Bear," and Don Lee's "The Oriental Hair Poets." Other contributors include Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, Lynne Heitman, Russ Aborn, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron. The book launch is scheduled at...
pages turned, August 17, 2009
...The Summer Kitchen . Karen Weinreb. A review copy. I thought it might be interesting to compare/contrast this with Stewart O'Nan's The Good Wife . That Old Cape Magic . Richard Russo. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will be as funny as Straight...
Read Street, August 17, 2009
...couple of cross-country flights to provide some solid reading time. I finished A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan (a review to come later this week) and took a serious bite out of Homer & Langley, an E.L. Doctorow book that comes out next month. Also...
Jacket Copy, August 17, 2009
...this might be seen as a collectible, not unlike limited-edition vinyl. Editor Dennis Lehane selected new stories by Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Don Lee and others for "Boston Noir," in addition to contributing one of his own. The book...
Books Worth Reading, June 1, 2009
...Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro — crime The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist — dystopian The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan — horror Guided Tours of Hell by Francine Prose — literary fiction Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell — abandoned ...
leftbrainwrite, April 21, 2009
...new fiction form ... Contest. 25 words or less. Due April 30, day after someone's birthday. Judged by Stewart O'Nan. Sounds like fun - wanna party? Peace, Linda...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, April 21, 2009
...falls under 25-words, not counting the title. Until April 30th, he's sponsoring a hint fiction contest -- Stewart O'Nan (pictured), the author of "A Prayer For The Dying" and "Songs For The Missing," will judge the final entries. Here's more from the...
Reading Group Guides Blog, April 3, 2009
...Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Mountain by Raymond J. Steiner Names on a Map by Benjamin Alire Saenz Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay The...
The Sobering Conclusion, February 8, 2009
...Swarup (novel) - (Slumdog Millionaire) David Hare (screenplay), Bernhard Schlink (novel) - (The Reader) David Gordon Green (screenplay), Stewart O’Nan (novel) - ( Snow Angels ) · CINEMATOGRAPHY: Colin Watkinson ( The Fall ) Claudio Miranda (The...
First Offenders, January 7, 2009
...TURNAROUND by George Pelecanos WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? By Kate Atkinson SONGS FOR THE MISSING by Stewart O’Nan I always look forward to the new Connelly and Pelecanos books, and these two were among their very best. Kate Atkinson brings back...
Asylum, December 20, 2008
...than ten years ago, he was forgotten and out of print on both sides of the Atlantic. Novelist Stewart O’Nan’s 1999 essay ‘The Lost World of Richard Yates’ helped sow the seeds for the Yates revival, which in the UK began in 2001 with the reissue...
