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The Morning News

July 30, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

I've been a contributing writer for The Morning News since 2004. An archive of all my essays, humor, and occasional pieces for the site can be found here. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All bits & pieces, All essays

Narrative Magazine – iStory

July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Slightly longer than a tweet, faster than a sonnet...It's an iStory! I wrote one (a 150-word short story) for Narrative. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All short stories

Riverbend Books

July 22, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Bookseller Suzy Wilson of Riverbend Books in Australia wrote my publisher the most amazing letter when she was 10 pages from the end of The Report. She then included the book in a list of her favorite upcoming titles on the Book Buzz panel at the Australian ABA. I vow to visit her store one day! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All news about The Report

The Second Pass

July 13, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

The Second Pass included The Report in a list of Fall books to watch. … [Read more...]

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Kirkus

July 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

There's a quibble in there, but otherwise very positive! I'm relieved. "Kane reimagines a real-life civilian tragedy during World War II, when 173 people, fleeing an apparent air raid, were crushed to death in a stairwell in a newly built Tube station in London. The Bethnal Green tragedy of March 3, 1943, is all the more terrible and poignant because no bombs fell over London that evening. And bizarrely, every death was by asphyxiation; only one victim—a survivor—suffered a broken bone. Kane, author of the story collectionBending Heaven (2002), moves deftly among perspectives on the catastrophe: We eavesdrop on war-battered townsfolk, the tardy policeman, the overburdened priest, the devastated shelter-chief who feels responsible. Kane's command of period detail is … [Read more...]

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A blurb from Anthony Doerr

June 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment

"The Report is a graceful and dignified look at a single event that quickly becomes something so much more expansive: a kaleidoscopic examination of crowds, of disasters, of reverberations and reckoning.  I was absolutely riveted." … [Read more...]

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Publisher’s Weekly

May 18, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Highlights from the Publishers Weekly review: “The historical material and characters are wonderful...Kane skillfully reimagines the empathetic Dunne as he interprets the confessions and accusations of a community crushed by loss and guilt....Vivid descriptions of hunkered-down and rationed East Enders add a marvelous texture.” … [Read more...]

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A blurb from Elizabeth McCracken

May 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

"Jessica Francis Kane's The Report is a stealthy, quiet page-turner that understands there is as much tension in reckoning a disaster as there is in the disaster itself. In precise and searching prose, The Report looks without flinching at moral obligation and family duty over seconds, and over years. It is a lovely book." … [Read more...]

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A blurb from Elise Blackwell

April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I loved Elise's first novel, Hunger, so these words mean a lot. I'm very much looking forward to reading her new novel, An Unfinished Score, just published by Unbridled Books. "Elegantly written and suffused with insights into human motivation, The Report illuminates how we interpret and endure tragedy. This novel is engrossing both for the story it tells and the way it tells it. It is filled with small wonders and very hard to put down." … [Read more...]

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JFK to sign galleys at BEA

April 22, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

I will be in Graywolf's booth at Book Expo America on Wednesday, May 26, to sign and give away galleys of The Report. I think we might also give out English biscuits. A galley and a cookie, what could be better? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All news about The Report

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