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Barry Stewart Levy is a former English teacher who also worked as a Literary Artist for the Cultural Council Foundation/CETA Artists Project, co-authoring the topical revue “New Living Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 2” (Playwrights Horizons), writing poetry for the anthology “Words to Go” and conducting interviews for the publication ArtWorkers News. He was a reporter for Gotham Newsmagazine and a freelance game show writer for NBC’s “Shoot for the Stars.” He is the recipient of the Clarence Kline Essay Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Writers Guild of America, East, Fellowship Competition. “European Son: a novella” is his first work of fiction.

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Barry Stewart Levy Well, summer is practically over...and I read and reread a number of novels, including ones by Agatha Christie, Alberto Moravia, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald…moreWell, summer is practically over...and I read and reread a number of novels, including ones by Agatha Christie, Alberto Moravia, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, William Golding and John Knowles. Currently I am reading Don DeLillo's "Zero K." I may read for the first time "Frankenstein" or some crime novels by authors whom I've not read before such as books by Lee Child, Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly. (less)
Barry Stewart Levy I looked in the mirror and did not recognize my reflection. "Who are you?" I whispered, terrified of learning the truth.…moreI looked in the mirror and did not recognize my reflection. "Who are you?" I whispered, terrified of learning the truth.(less)
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European Son: a novella

3.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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The Wickedest
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A wonderfully poetic, alive, joyful, propulsive, visceral, in-your-face, revolutionary, angry, pissed-off and piss-off, you-are-there experience. In short, Caleb Femi "takes you there." And "there" is The Wickedest, a late night rave in a British, Blacks-only club, with its low-income, marginalized community dancing the night away as if their lives depended on it. No pun Read more of this blog post »
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As you might expect with a book of this length with dozens of "stories" or essays, many are good, several are not so good and a few, such as Gail Sheehy's "The Secret of Grey Gardens," are excellent. Sheehy's portrait of Big Edie and Little Edie is i ...more
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This latest Koontz novel is a disappointing read. The four main characters are neither fully developed nor interesting. What there is of a storyline lacks dramatic action and suspense. Even the monsters aren't scary.
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