Written Reviews

Haruki Murakami: “With the Beatles”

February 10, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “With the Beatles,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

Anniversaries Readalong: February 12 – 18, 1968

February 9, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering February 12 – 18, 1968.

Stephen Roberts: The Story of Temple Drake

February 5, 2020

Miriam Hopkins stars in The Story of Temple Drake, a 1933 adaptation of William Faulkner’s controversial (and commercially successful) Sanctuary. The Criterion Collection recently released this “pre-Code” film that both seems to embrace the Code while being scandalous enough to lead to its strict enforcement.

Anthony Veasna So: “Three Women of Chuck’s Donuts”

February 3, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Anthony Veasna So’s “Three Women of Chuck’s Donuts.”

Anniversaries Readalong: February 5 – 11, 1968

February 2, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering February 5 – 11, 1968.

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