Written Reviews

Allegra Goodman: “F.A.Q.s”

September 4, 2017

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Allegra Goodman’s “F.A.Q.s.”

Alice Munro Friend of My Youth

Alice Munro: “Friend of My Youth”

September 1, 2017

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Friend of My Youth,” the title story from her 1990 collection.

Richard Stern: Other Men’s Daughters

August 31, 2017

Trevor looks at Richard Stern’s Other Men’s Daughters, a complicated and often frustrating look at late 1960s New England from a decidedly 1970s perspective.

Patrick Modiano: Such Fine Boys

August 30, 2017

Trevor reviews Patrick Modiano’s Such Fine Boys, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti, and published this week by Yale University Press.

Patrick Modiano: Sundays in August

August 29, 2017

Trevor reviews his new favorite Patrick Modiano book: Sundays in August, translated from the French by Damion Searls.

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