Written Reviews

Han Ong: “Javi”

June 3, 2019

This week is the annual fiction issue of The New Yorker, featuring Han Ong’s “Javi.”

Alice Munro: “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage”

May 31, 2019

Trevor and Betsy look at “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage,” from the book of the same name.

Winner: 2019 Best Translated Book Award

May 30, 2019

The winner of this year’s Best Translated Book Award was announced. Come see what it is!

Sarah Moss: Ghost Wall

May 28, 2019

Dorian, in his first piece for The Mookse and the Gripes, takes a deep look at Sarah Moss’s Ghost Wall.

Aysegül Savas: “Canvas”

May 27, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Canvas,” by Aysegül Savas.

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