Book Reviews

• Christina Stead, 1902-1983
• Father Time: Bruce Sterling's Zeitgeist
• How I Quit Re-Reading Dreiser and Found Neo-Realism in a Comic Book From Cleveland
• Modern With a Human Face: John Edgar Wideman Writes Home
• Thinking About the Inconceivable
• William Kennedy's The Ink Truck
• Work Ethics: Pat Baker's Blow Your House Down