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On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover’s America

Bill Beverly (MFA, 1991) Mississippi, 2003 ISBN: 1578065372 The fugitive is the sinister hero of many a novel (Light in August, Beloved), the luminary in a cluster of motion pictures and in other popular entertainment (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, The Fugitive, Thelma and Louise), and a headliner for the daily news (O.J. Simpson, Osama […]

Bear v. Shark

Chris Bachelder (MFA, 2002) Scribner, 2001 ISBN: 0743219465 In this brilliant satire of our media-saturated culture, the sovereign nation of Las Vegas – the entertainment capital of the world – is host to Bear v. Shark II. After a disappointing loss in the first matchup between the land and the sea, the bear is back […]