The 'Neil Smith' Tag Archive

Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word Neil Smith. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.

December 21st, 2008

The 10 Best Books I read in 2008

1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all year. No hemming, no hawing, no second guessing — the best. McCracken’s memoir about giving birth to a stillborn child and all that follows is heartbreaking, darkly funny, and something everyone on the planet should [...]

February 18th, 2008

Bang Crunch

The first two stories in Neil Smith’s short story collection Bang Crunch were so punch-in-the-gut good that it caused me a bit of anxiety. Could he keep up this stellar pace? What if he does? What if the entire collection is this good? Will my heart be able to take it? The first story “Isolettes” [...]