Written Reviews

Alice Munro: “Family Furnishings”

July 8, 2019

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Family Furnishings,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Karen Russell: “The Prospectors”

July 3, 2019

Trevor revisits Karen Russell’s strange, fun, but perhaps ultimately disappointing story, “The Prospectors,” from her most recent collection Orange World.

July 2019 Books to Read

July 2, 2019

Here are some books coming out in July that I am excited about.

David Rabe: “Uncle Jim Called”

July 1, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Rabe’s “Uncle Jim Called.”

Emma Cline: “Son of Friedman”

June 24, 2019

This week’s New Yorker story is Emma Cline’s “Son of Friedman.”

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