In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high.
Jane SmileyIn many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.
Jane SmileyIn every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.
Jane SmileyThere is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.
Jane Smiley'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because Gruen is not quite prepared for the philosophical implications of her subject, it is not as deeply involving emotionally or as interesting thematically as it could be.
Jane Smiley