Written Reviews

Emilio Fraia: “Sevastopol”

December 9, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Emilio Fraia’s “Sevastopol,” which was translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry.

Anniversaries Readalong: December 11 – 17, 1967

December 9, 2019

Here is the seventeenth post for all of us to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering December 11 – 17, 1967.

Clare Sestanovich: “Old Hope”

December 4, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Clare Sestanovich’s “Old Hope.”

Anniversaries Readalong: December 4 – 10, 1967

December 1, 2019

Here is the sixteenth post for all of us to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering December 4 – 10, 1967.

Roddy Doyle: “The Curfew”

November 25, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Roddy Doyle’s “The Curfew.”

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