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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

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Posthumously Published 'Sea Maiden' Affirms Denis Johnson's Eternal Voice

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A new collection features five stand-alone stories by Johnson, who died in 2017. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is "the kind of work every writer would like to go out on."

Posthumously Published 'Sea Maiden' Affirms Denis Johnson's Eternal Voice

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Best Books Of 2011

Year-End Fiction Wrap-Up: The 10 Best Novels Of 2011

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2011 was a terrific year for fiction — both from first-time novelists and much-decorated veterans. Maureen Corrigan's recommendations range from Karen Russell's dazzling debut, to David Foster Wallace's posthumously published novel, to what may be the Sept. 11 novel.

Year-End Wrap-Up: The 10 Best Novels Of 2011

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Hear the National Book Award Winners

Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson's Vietnam epic, and Legacy of Ashes, Tim Weiner's critical history of the CIA, were among the winners at the 58th annual National Book Awards, held earlier this month in New York.

Winners for Fiction, Nonfiction, Youth and Poetry

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Johnson Covers Vietnam, CIA in 'Tree of Smoke'

Denis Johnson's new novel, Tree of Smoke, is one of the late summer's big books in a number of ways. It covers the Vietnam War and the U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia — and the life of a CIA agent whose career grows with the war. Also, it's more than 600 pages long.

Johnson Covers Vietnam, CIA in 'Tree of Smoke'

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Writer Finds a Fated Friend in 'Jesus' Son'

If you're only going to read one book this year about getting stabbed in the eye and crushing tiny, helpless bunnies, then run right out and get Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son.

Writer Finds a Fated Friend in 'Jesus' Son'

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