Written Reviews

Mary Grimm: “Back Then”

June 17, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Mary Grimm’s “Back Then.”

Weekend Thoughts

June 8, 2019

I hope you are all in the middle of a lovely weekend. Here are some bookish thoughts.

June 2019 Books to Read

June 7, 2019

There are some good books coming out this month. Here are some I am excited about.

Andrea Lee: “The Children”

June 3, 2019

This week is the annual fiction issue of The New Yorker, featuring Andrea Lee’s “The Children.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “Conduction”

June 3, 2019

This week is the annual fiction issue of The New Yorker, featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Conduction.”

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