{"id":762,"date":"2008-07-03T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/03\/lewis-shiners-black-and-white\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","slug":"lewis-shiners-black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/03\/lewis-shiners-black-and-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Shiner’s Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, I interviewed<\/a> Lewis Shiner about his Fiction Liberation Front<\/a>. Now, I’ve reviewed<\/a> his latest novel, Black &amp; White<\/span><\/a>, for The Austin Chronicle<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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On the surface, Black &amp; White<\/span> demonstrates the struggles of historical and contemporary racism, but at its core, the story revolves around a son coming to terms with the sins of his father. The always-talented Shiner has produced some of his finest work to date here. Beyond a brief, discursive foray into Ruth’s story, he has created a near-perfect novel \u2013 steeped in important political and societal issues, neatly wrapped in the trimmings of a mystery story. With Black &amp; White<\/span>, Lewis Shiner ascends to a literary realm previously reserved for the likes of Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem.<\/p>\n

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Last year, I interviewed Lewis Shiner about his Fiction Liberation Front. Now, I’ve reviewed his latest novel, Black &amp; White, for The Austin Chronicle. Quote: On the surface, Black &amp; White demonstrates the struggles of historical and contemporary racism, but … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n