Clare Swanson

Content by Clare Swanson

Finding humor in life's mess

Issue: September 2012
Jonathan Tropper’s 2009 bestseller, This Is Where I Leave You, garnered wide critical acclaim. Read more »
Suspicion in a time of financial collapse

Issue: June 2012
In 2010, novelist and journalist John Lanchester published I.O.U, Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay—a timely, approachable and anecdotal look at the fiscal crisis in Brit Read more »
The darker side of desire

Issue: October 2011
From Notes on a Scandal to the real-life antics of Mary Kay Letourneau, relationships between teachers and students hold perennial intrigue in our culture. Read more »
To grieve with rhyme and reason

Issue: September 2011
Lily Tuck, who won the 2004 National Book Award for The News from Paraguay, has long been heralded for her elegant, spare prose and predilection for complex characters and philosophical in Read more »