Written Reviews

Lore Segal: “Stories About Us”

September 30, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lore Segal’s “Stories About Us.”

Madeline Miller: Circe

September 27, 2024

I finally read Madeline Miller’s 2018 novel, Circe

Allegra Goodman: “Ambrose”

September 23, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Allegra Goodman’s “Ambrose.”

Dorothy B. Hughes: The Expendable Man

September 18, 2024

The most recent book for #NYRBWomen24 was Dorothy B. Hughes’s 1963 crime novel, The Expendable Man

Hugo Hamilton: “Autobahn”

September 16, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Hugo Hamilton’s “Autobahn.”

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