Emily Zibart

Content by Emily Zibart

Diving into the gene pool

Issue: January, 2005
Accomplished British journalist Carole Cadwalladr takes on a wide variety of weighty issues in her debut novel, The Family Tree, including the difficulties of family relationships, the plight Read more »
Life-changing secrets haunt a family

Issue: July, 2005
Have you ever wondered how a single decision might affect every aspect of your entire life? Read more »
Now you see it, now you don't

Issue: September, 2002
<B>Now you see it, now you don't</B>Thomas Moran, a former investigative journalist who now focuses on writing fiction, received critical acclaim for his first three novels. Read more »
Plowing the field of family conflict

Issue: March, 2005
Don't let the title of Marina Lewycka's A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian deceive you rather than an account of the development of farm equipment, it is a debut novel centered on t Read more »
Struggling with a mother's mental illness

Issue: August, 2000
Author T. Greenwood's second novel has been highly anticipated since her debut, Breathing Water, won the Sherwood Anderson Award for best first novel in 1999. Read more »
Uncovering family secrets

Issue: February, 2005
Emily Raboteau, Pushcart Prize winner and recipient of several prestigious fellowships, lives up to her promise with The Professor's Daughter, her debut novel about a young woman of mixed race Read more »