arborweb - Ann Arbor online
Follow us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Ann Arbor Observer
    View Photo · Submit
Click for Ann Arbor, Michigan Forecast
May 24, 2012
The Ride - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
Nicholson Baker

Nicholson Baker

The obsessive detail

by Keith Taylor

posted 2/1/2003

Nicholson Baker has carved out a unique place for himself in American letters: he is our master of the obsessive detail. All of his novels spin out from a microscopic look at a small, often mundane action. It should come as no surprise that the two that deal with sexuality, Vox and The Fermata, are the most widely known, but they are simply a variation on a

 
Culture

Arts and Entertainment reviews and news.

>> Blogs

Gary Conrad
You are getting verrry funny

Ann Arbor Cantata Singers 2012
Feel the love

The Moth StorySLAM
Staving off zombies

Newspaper Diary
Beautiful and astonishing

Three minutes, eight seconds
Dancing for Steiner and Swan

Underground Jazz
Music and eats with the Elks

more culture articles:  1 l 2 l 3 ... 57 >
read more stories here -> Marketplace  l  Culture  l  Community  l  News
Look who's watching
arborlist.com
Need to build web traffic?
arborweb.com
ARCHIVE   l   CONTACT   l   INFO   l   PRIVACY   l   HELP   l   RSS FEEDS   l   SEND A TIP   l   LOG IN
©1998-2012 Ann Arbor Observer - All Rights Reserved