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Madeleine L’Engle: The Kairos Novels

October 4, 2018

The Library of America has released a fantastic two-volume set of Madeleine L’Engle’s The Kairos Novels, including both the Wrinkle in Time Quartet and the Polly O’Keefe Quartet.

October 2018 Books to Read

October 2, 2018

Check out some of the exciting books coming this month!

John L’Heureux: “The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark”

October 1, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is John L’Heureux’s “The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark.”

Andrei Tarkovsky: Andrei Rublev

September 27, 2018

Andrei Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev is one of the great films. For years it’s been difficult to see at home in any kind of good condition, but that has changed this week with a new release from The Criterion Collection.

Yiyun Li: “When We Were Happy We Had Other Names”

September 24, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Yiyun Li’s “When We Were Happy We Had Other Names.”

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