Written Reviews

David Means: “Are You Experienced?”

October 14, 2019

This week’s New Yorker story is David Means’s “Are You Experienced?”

Anniversaries Readalong: October 16 – 22, 1967

October 13, 2019

Here is the ninth post for all of us to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering October 16 – 22, 1967.

The 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes in Literature

October 10, 2019

The 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been announced.

Joyce Carol Oates: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

October 7, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joyce Carol Oates’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”

Anniversaries Readalong: October 9 – 15, 1967

October 7, 2019

Here is the eighth post for all of us to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries.

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