September 2011
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Powell's "Writers to Watch" features YLMT →
“Tomorrow’s great writers are hard at work today, writing and publishing the books that will make them famous. We can’t be sure who they’ll be until we get there, but we could guess…”
August 2011
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You Lost Me There featured in the New York Times's... →
In Baldwin’s insightful first novel, a research scientist specializing in Alzheimer’s disease discovers, to his dismay, that his dead wife’s accounts of their marriage — written on a series of notecards — are greatly at odds with his memories.
June 2011
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December 2010
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NPR includes You Lost Me There in "Best Books of... →
These books experiment with literary forms or even change the basic idea of what a “book” looks like. They all changed the way I understand writing and writers.
Read the full article
November 2010
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YLMT chosen for McSweeney's Recommends →
This is a smart book. Baldwin tells a love story, a loss story, a meditation on memory and marriage and the mind and science. It works. Plus, it helps our larger argument that this is a great year for first novels. Holiday shopping should be pretty easy this time around. Deliver it in a small baker’s box, why not?
See the full list here
October 2010
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“I find memory unsettling. It’s dishonest, it’s erratic, it’s...”
– Interview in The Atlantic Monthly
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September 2010
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NPR on You Lost Me There: "Stunning" →
The most surprising thing about You Lost Me There is Baldwin’s self-assured, subtle and unfailingly moving prose. The 33-year-old writer is uncannily perceptive when it comes to the complicated and fraught issues of marriage, death and sexual desire, and his dialogue is naturalistic and unforced. Perhaps most impressive, though, is the author’s artistic and emotional maturity — You...
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“Diamonds on the Soles of Her...
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Entertainment Weekly on YLMT: "Beautiful, brainy,... →
Baldwin shows steadying compassion and literary flair in the dissection of miseries, identifying with equal compassion the dissatisfactions of a dead wife and the grief of a bewildered widower. Behold the irony of a specialist in memory loss whose memory of his own marriage is unreliable.
Lisa Schwarzbaum’s full review here
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DownEast Magazine on YLMT: "Poignant, very funny" →
The more [Victor] discovers about the past, the less he can cope with the present. Yet he must cope, and seeing him try is one of the delights of this excellent novel, which while illuminating the tragedy of grief and loss, never loses sight of the comedy inherent in trying to make sense of it all.
See Agnes Bushell’s full review here
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Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 3 in F...
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“It’s a bright moment for any reader of contemporary American literature when...”
– See Dennis Haritou’s full review at Three Guys One Book
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LHB on YLMT: "Easily one of my favorite books of... →
Rosecrans Baldwin’s debut novel You Lost Me There is a witty, profound, and heartbreaking examination of memory, loss, and love.
See here for Rosecrans’s contribution to Largehearted Boy’s “Book Notes” series (background behind the music selections on this Tumblr)
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eMusic on the YLMT Audiobook: "A he-said-she-said... →
Narrators JoAnna Perrin and Johnny Heller shine as the heart and mind of a marriage.
See Kate Silver’s full review
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Portland Press Herald on YLMT: "Two sides to every... →
Baldwin has managed to take big themes—the notion of a couple’s shared history and the skewed, fickle nature of memory—and cast them into a funny, sad, insightful narrative.
See Joan Silverman’s full review here
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TimeOut Chicago on YLMT: "An impressive debut" →
As this humorous yet sad love story unfolds, Victor is mourning the death of Sara, his wife of 30 years… The irony, of course, is that Victor is an expert on memory, except when it pertains to his own.
See J.C. Gabel’s full review
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YLMT Selected as an Editors' Choice by The New... →
In this first novel, a widowed research scientist tries to solve the puzzle of his marriage.
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Los Angeles Times on YLMT: "A mature look at... →
In my imaginary Graham Greene library, “The End of the Affair” warrants its own platinum shelf, under a bomb-proof shield, along with “The Comedians,” “The Ministry of Fear” and “The Human Factor.”
From an accompanying interview about summer reading
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The Carrboro Citizen on YLMT: "A Great Read" →
The evocative setting and fascinating characters make You Lost Me There very hard to put down.
See here for Vicky Dickson’s review/profile
August 2010
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The Chronicle on YLMT: "Funny and colorful" →
Without ever feeling lectured at or knee-deep in a textbook, the reader learns considerably about both the brain and scientific life.
See here for Kevin Lincoln’s review/profile
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“Awaiting on You All,” George...
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Huffington Post Essay about "Beach Reads" →
Tough bracket, beach reads. There’s not much room for mistakes when you’re competing against the sun for a person’s attention. But I hope my book lives up to the category. I hope my novel engrosses a reader so deeply this summer she burns to a crisp. Apologies to her if she’s reading this.
See the full essay here
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“When I was editing “You Lost Me There,” I wanted to paraphrase Gould’s sweeps,...”
– Living With Music: A Playlist by Rosecrans Baldwin - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
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Quartet for Strings no. 10 in E flat major, Op....
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Self-Interview in The Nervous Breakdown →
I guess Mount Desert Island is the place where I feel most at home. People mind their own business. It’s a unique slice of America. Wild, domesticated, isolated, freaky in spots.
See here for the full interview in The Nervous Breakdown
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The Free Lance-Star on YLMT: "Complex, beautifully... →
Despite its darker themes, Baldwin’s novel is immensely readable and fascinating. This first novel seems destined for greatness.
See here for Beverly Meyer’s full review
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“In fiction as in life, you can’t save people from themselves. Although that...”
– Jean Thompson, New York Times Book Review (spoiler alert: much of the novel’s plot is revealed)
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The Onion's A.V. Club on YLMT: "A well-turned... →
Recurring appearances by Bruce Willis are a welcome comic motif; other pop-cultural bubbles, from The Blue Dahlia to a breakdown of communication over text-speak, buoy Victor’s search for meaning in his closed-in world.
See Ellen Wernecke’s full review here
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“If that a sinner’s sighs,”...
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“I like Bruce Willis. I don’t have a fascination with him. But once he started...”
– Interview by Jeremy Medina in BlackBook magazine
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YLMT named a Daily Beast "Hot Pick": "Masterful... →
Baldwin, a founder of The Morning News, has truly found his footing in this book. At turns revelatory, heartbreaking, and tender.
See the full review here.
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Paste Magazine on YLMT: "The head's tools in the... →
Flawed as they are, Victor and his inamoratas offer unexpected insights when we’re least likely to be looking for them.
See Chantal James’s full review
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“If two people have the same experience, but remember it differently,” Victor...”
– Interview with Kevin Canfield in The Courier-Journal
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“Closely and smoothly composed, alert all the way down to its synapses and axons,...”
– Adam Sobsey, The Independent Weekly
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“Solar,” Brad Mehldau (via...
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Interview on WUNC's "The State of Things" →
Rosecrans Baldwin joins host Frank Stasio to talk about marriage, memory and his time faking fluent French in France.
Interview available here
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Interview with the News & Observer →
Brief Q&A about the writing and publication process of You Lost Me There.
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News & Observer on YLMT: "An extended meditation... →
Even skeptical readers can be won over by Baldwin’s assured take on the truth that - regardless of how old we are - we are all searching to be understood and loved.
David Frauenfelder’s full review here
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Newsday on YLMT: "Intelligent and sweet" →
Grief is good in You Lost Me There… Rosecrans Baldwin’s debut novel shadows widower Victor Aaron with compassion, realism and humor.
Marion Winik’s full review here (Newsday subscribers only). Update: Available in the Detroit Free Press.