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The Story Prize Finalists

January 9, 2019

This morning the three finalists for The Story Prize were announced. Come see what they are!

January 2019 Books to Read

January 9, 2019

Here are some exciting books to start your 2019 reading list!

Ófeigur Sigurðsson: Öræfi: The Wasteland

January 8, 2019

Paul reviews Ófeigur Sigurðsson’s Öræfi: The Wasteland, translated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith.

Amos Oz: “All Rivers”

January 7, 2019

This week’s New Yorker story is Amos Oz’s “All Rivers,” translated from the Hebrew by Philip Simpson.

Julien Duvivier: Panique

January 3, 2019

In 1946, Julien Duvivier returned to France and for his first post-World War II film made Panique, an adaptation of one of Georges Simenon’s dark books of human ugliness. It’s a fantastic film, and The Criterion Collection recently released a great edition on home video.

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