In Julia Claiborne Johnson’s comic novel, Be Frank with Me, a reclusive novelist needs help raising her difficult son
…to end happily. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford University. He earned a Ph.D. in modern fiction from the University of Texas. He now teaches English at…
In fiction and essays, Julian Barnes proves that truth is multiple
…the profound questions and continues to produce brilliantly conflicting answers. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford University. He earned a Ph.D. in modern fiction from the University…
Ariel Lawhon’s Flight of Dreams re-imagines the final voyage of the Hindenburg
…filled with interlocking secrets, betrayal, and intrigue, but it never loses sight of the devastation to come. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford University. He later earned…
In Janice Y. K. Lee’s The Expatriates, Americans abroad learn to persevere
…start from zero, you might find out who you really are.” Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford University as an undergraduate. He earned a Ph.D. in modern…
In Golden Age, the culmination of Jane Smiley’s Last Hundred Years Trilogy, America’s past catches up to the present
…energy and ambition of these new novels, she is nowhere close to calling it a career. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford University as an undergraduate. He…
In Tom Piazza’s A Free State, a runaway slave creates a new identity as part of a blackface-minstrel show in Philadelphia
…often overshadowed by ideological duplicity and internecine violence. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford University as an undergraduate. He later returned to Austin, where he earned a…
