Tag: rita bullwinkel
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2025 Tournamet of Books: James vs. Headshot/The Book of Love
We come into the quarterfinals and this particular match-up is one for which my choice is foreordained. James is the best book of 2024, end of discussion. And yet I suppose I should discuss. Headshot certainly has its fans, but while it has aspects I can admire, it didn’t manage to continually suprise and amaze in…
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2025 Tournament of Books: Headshot vs. The Book of Love
Today’s matchup sees the debut novel from Kelly Link who’s been publishing short fiction for years against a novel in stories by Rita Bullwinkel, the current fiction editor of McSweeney’s. Headshot has gotten a lot of love and after a couple of podcast interviews, this book fell on my radar even before the Tournament of Books.…