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Year: 2022

Cynthia Ozick: “The Biographer’s Hat”

March 7, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Cynthia Ozick’s “The Biographer’s Hat.” Yay!

Categories Cynthia Ozick, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2022 New Yorker Fiction 2 Comments

Alice Munro: “Silence”

March 4, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Silence,” from Runaway.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 31 Comments

Camille Bordas: “One Sun Only”

February 28, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Camille Bordas’s “One Sun Only.”

Categories Camille Bordas, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2022 New Yorker Fiction 4 Comments

Assigned Reading, Part I — Episode 22

February 24, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor and Paul assign each other a short story to read and discuss.

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Claire Keegan: “So Late in the Day”

February 21, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Claire Keegan’s “So Late in the Day.”

Categories Claire Keegan, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2022 New Yorker Fiction 8 Comments

The Criterion Collection Announces May 2022 Releases

February 15, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in May 2022.

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Comfort Reads — Episode 21

February 10, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor and Paul discuss comfort reads.

Categories Podcast 2 Comments

Lauren Groff: Annunciation

February 7, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lauren Groff’s Annunciation.

Categories Lauren Groff, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2022 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments

Alexander MacLeod: “Once Removed”

January 31, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is “Once Removed,” by Alexander MacLeod.

Categories Alexander MacLeod, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2022 New Yorker Fiction 1 Comment

Jane Campion: The Piano

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

This week The Criterion Collection released Jane Campion’s The Piano on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. I had never seen it before, but I have been fascinated with it and highly recommend it.

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