Land-Grant College Review Issue No. One [Paperback]

Aimee Bender (Author), Ron Carlson (Author), Stephen Dixon (Author), Marc Estrin (Author), Sara Gran (Author), Dave Koch (Author), Joy Kolitsky (Author), Josh Melrod (Author), Thisbe Nissen (Author), Josip Novakovich (Author), Robert Olmstead (Author), Chris Potter (Author), Karen Rile (Author), Thaddeus Rutkowski (Author), Ken Sparling (Author), Jonathan Tel (Author), Tara Wray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2003

The Land-Grant College Review's first issue features new fiction by Aimee Bender, Josip Novakovich, Robert Olmstead, Ron Carlson, and Stephen Dixon, an interview with Thisbe Nissen, and artwork by Joy Kolitsky.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Land-Grant College Review (June 1, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0972867805
• ISBN-13: 978-0972867801
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,283,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sara Gran is the author of Saturn's Return to New York (2001), Come Closer (2003), Dope (2006), and the forthcoming Claire DeWitt & The City of the Dead (2011), the first in a series of novels featuring private eye Claire DeWitt. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and as many languages. Her books have been optioned for film by Miramax, Dimension, and Paramount. Born in Brooklyn in 1971, Ms. Gran lived in New York City until 2004. Since then she has traveled widely and lived throughout the US including Miami and New Orleans. She now resides in the state of California. Before making a living as a writer, Ms. Gran had many jobs, primarily with books, working at Manhattan bookstores like Shakespeare & Co, The Strand, and Housing Works, and selling used & rare books on her own.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Well Done Anthology, September 4, 2003

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Cary Fromme (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land-Grant College Review Issue No. One (Paperback)

Aimee Bender is one of my favorite writers and I loved her story. She has a wicked sense of humor, but it was touching and sad too. Also really good were the stories by Jonathan Tell and Robert Olmstead (very different from his stories in "River Dogs"). I enjoyed the book as a whole and thought the illustrations were cool and unique.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Land Grant a good read, September 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Land-Grant College Review Issue No. One (Paperback)

At first glance, it might be mistaken for an old Farmer's Almanac-which is a good thing. One of the things that kills me about lit mags (and I read a lot of them) is the way they all wind up looking the same, with a few notable exceptions. This is one of the notable exceptions-not just the look of it, which is beautiful (hand done illustrations grounded firmly in American printmaking traditions)-but page through and you'll find surprising, challenging stories by names you know and names you don't. The first story, by Bob Olmstead, is fantastic-it sets the bar pretty high and the other stories, for the most part, clear it. I'm looking forward to the next issue.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Talented authors, August 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Land-Grant College Review Issue No. One (Paperback)

Josh Melrod is a gas and a grove. This cat has serious chops when it comes to writing a story. He just may be the next great american writer no one has ever heard of. Tara Weigh is to non-fiction what Celia Cruz was to Salsa. Give these artists a chance and they will amaze, I promise you that.