Written Reviews

Ludmilla Petrushevskaya: “Poor Girl”

September 17, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s “Poor Girl,” translated from the Russian by Anna Friedrich.

National Book Award: Longlist for Fiction

September 14, 2018

The National Book Foundation has announced the longlist for the Fiction award.

National Book Award: Longlists for Poetry and Nonfiction

September 13, 2018

The National Book Foundation has announced the longlists for the Poetry and Nonfiction awards.

National Book Award: Longlists for Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature

September 12, 2018

The National Book Foundation has announced the longlists for the Translated Fiction and Young People’s Literature awards.

Daisy Johnson: Everything Under

September 12, 2018

Lee reviews Daisy Johnson’s Everything Under, a retelling of the Oedipus myth in contemporary England. The book is on this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist.

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