Short Takes

Ruth Baldwin and Christine Smallwood

June 14, 2006 | This article appeared in the July 3, 2006 edition of The Nation.

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Reviews of novels by Anne Tyler, Chris Abani, and Rodrigo Fresan.

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Christine Smallwood

Christine Smallwood, a writer in New York, is former associate literary editor of The Nation.

Ruth Baldwin

Ruth Baldwin is the Director of Development and Public Programming for The Nation Institute. She was formally an editor...

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